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Judge gives Trump administration and Florida partial victory in "Alligator Alcatraz" case

A federal judge tossed out part of a lawsuit brought by detainees at the "Alligator Alcatraz" detention center in the Florida ...

Records provide more details about who’s held at Alligator Alcatraz and how long

Records analyzed by the Times/Herald found that nearly two out of every five immigrants listed in early July as being ...
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Despite change of venue, Alligator Alcatraz plaintiffs argue they've still got the upper hand

Although a federal judge in Miami ordered their case be moved to another Florida district, the ACLU and other plaintiffs ...

Environmental concerns could halt construction at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration jail

Gov. Ron DeSantis has said the location in the rugged and remote Everglades was meant as a deterrent against escape, much ...

‘Psychological warfare’: Internal data shows true nature of Alligator Alcatraz

Putting people in tents in the middle of the Everglades is a great tool to make them give up their cases,” said one immigration attorney ...

Florida to open ‘Deportation Depot’ at shuttered prison weeks after launching ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ facility

Florida's DeSantis unveils new immigration detention center dubbed 'Deportation Depot' to expand deportations.

Judge to rule in a week on future of Alligator Alcatraz as groups seek injunction

Alligator Alcatraz came to life in June after Florida's attorney general announced on social media that a detention center ...

'Father Frank' to say Mass outside Alligator Alcatraz, protesting immigration crackdown

The Mass will mark the Rev. Frank O'Loughlin's 60th year as a priest, all of them spent serving farmworkers and immigrants ...