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Attorneys: 'Alligator Alcatraz' detainees held without charges, barred from legal access

Lawyers seeking a temporary restraining order against an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades say that ...

Trump admin offers $608M for states to build migrant camps modeled after ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

The Trump administration announced on Friday that it would allocate over $600M in grants to states willing to build migrant ...

DeSantis Slams "Outlandish" Comparison of Alligator Alcatraz to Guantanamo Bay: "I Served in Gitmo"

RCP White House reporter Philip Wegmann asked Florida Governor Ron DeSantis about human rights concerns raised by Democrats ...

Who’s in charge at Alligator Alcatraz? ‘We’ve gotten a lot of runaround’

What they’re trying to do, at the end of the day, is pretend like this facility is not governed by federal law,”  said one ...

State attorneys oppose Miccosukee Tribe's efforts to join Alligator Alcatraz environmental lawsuit

Opponents ​of the facility ​contend, in part, that it could cause environmental damage in the surrounding Everglades and Big ...

Watch: Alligator removed from shoulder of Florida's Turnpike

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission personnel responded to Florida's Turnpike in Miami-Dade County to remove an ...
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Alligator Alcatraz court hearing Monday

On Monday, a federal judge will hear arguments over whether the state or federal government has authority over the 'Alligator ...

Junior Edwards, alligator hunter and “Swamp People” star, dies

Junior Edwards, an alligator hunter who starred in the History Channel docuseries Swamp People, has died. His grandson, "Lil" ...