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Puerto Rico ACLU denounces transfer of immigrant detainees to 'Alligator Alcatraz'
The group has received reports this week that detainees from the island have been sent to the Florida facility and allege ...
Florida plan to deputize National Guard officers as immigration judges at Alligator Alcatraz would likely violate constitutional rights
Neither President Donald Trump nor Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis can legally create a new system of immigration judges outside of ...
Congressional Democrats seek to defund Alligator Alcatraz. ‘No cages in the Everglades.’
Democratic members of the Florida congressional delegation want to stop federal money from flowing to what they described as ...
Florida Democrats file bill to block federal funds to Alligator Alcatraz
Dubbed the "No Cages in the Everglades Act," the six-page bill was sponsored by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston ...
Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz is preventing attorney access, lawsuit says
A class-action lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges that people held at the immigrant-detention center dubbed Alligator Alcatraz ...
Alligator Alcatraz Is a 'Huge Step Backward,' Native Tribal Leader Warns
A tribal leader told Newsweek that he and members in the Big Cypress National Preserve of Florida, which is adjacent to the ...
A 15-year-old boy with no criminal history ended up at Alligator Alcatraz after rush to fill facility
This is one of many problems with illegal immigration: individuals are in our country without any way to verify their ...
Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost visited ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ This is what he saw
Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D-Fla.) was among a group of lawmakers given a tour of the controversial immigration detention ...