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Alligator Alcatraz, the migrant detention center in the Everglades, has drawn national attention.
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Deep in the Florida Everglades, a massive detention facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz” has risen almost overnight.
Alligator Alcatraz, the migrant detention center in the Everglades, has drawn national attention.
Friends of the Everglades filed suit against the Florida Division of Emergency Management, alleging the agency is withholding public records tied to the state’s Everglades immigration detention center, nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz,” according to court records obtained by Local 10 News on Tuesday.
A $608 million federal payout is likely to play a central role in ongoing litigation over Florida’s controversial “Alligator Alcatraz” migrant detention facility.
A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security confirmed to Local 10 News Thursday that Florida did submit an application for FEMA reimbursement after building the Alligator Alcatraz immigration detention center, and on Tuesday (a day before the government shutdown), was awarded the full amount it applied for -- $608 million.
An appeals court on Thursday blocked a federal judge’s order to close Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” migrant detention facility.
While the operation of the “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration detention center in the Everglades appears to be over, a judge will soon decide whether the detainees who were kept there were unlawfully kept from their attorneys.
Tractor trailers going in and out has become a common scene at the rural Everglades detention center dubbed ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’