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How Florida is building "Alligator Alcatraz," an immigration detention site in the Everglades swamps
An immigration detention facility located at an isolated Everglades airfield is just days away from being operational.
Florida to receive federal funds to build immigration detention sites, including "Alligator Alcatraz," Noem says
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says new immigration detention centers in Florida will be largely funded by FEMA's ...
Florida sprints ahead with ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration detention center project
The Department of Homeland Security signed plans to house up to 5,000 people in Florida who are either arrested by state ...
Rep. Judy Chu wants to go inside immigration detention facilities. ICE wants to stop her
As tens of thousands of immigrants are detained and held inside federal detention centers, the power of federal lawmakers ...
Protesters gather at immigration detention center in Eloy
Groups gathered at the Eloy Detention Center on Tuesday for a prayer vigil for those impacted by recent immigration policies.
‘Alligator Alcatraz’ opens next week. What will immigration detention camp look like?
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his administration plan to open the 1,000-bed facility the first week of July in the state’s latest move to increase immigration enforcement.