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‘Alligator Alcatraz’: Early plans called for world’s largest airport at the site
Collier could have been home to the Everglades Jetport, the world's largest airport of the future, until environmentalists ...
DACA recipient detained at Alligator Alcatraz, attorney says. ‘We don’t know why’
The narrative is that only violent criminals are being sent to Alligator Alcatraz,” attorney Phillip Arroyo said. “We don’t ...
Members of Miccosukee Tribe, Everglades residents decry Alligator Alcatraz as threat to land and culture
Cited concerns included light pollution, saying the bright lights from the facility are diminishing the internationally ...
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DHS disputes dire conditions at Alligator Alcatraz
The Department of Homeland Security is denying reports of improper living conditions for detainees at Alligator Alcatraz.
Green Card Holder Detained in Alligator Alcatraz Speaks Out
A Cuban musician who says he's a lawful permanent resident detailed inhumane and unsanitary conditions at "Alligator Alcatraz ...
Giant bugs, heat and a hospitalization: Inside Alligator Alcatraz’s first days
Detainees are telling their families about what it’s like to live in cells inside heavy-duty tents erected on an airstrip in ...
‘Mosquitoes size of elephants’: Detainees complain about ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ conditions
Detainees at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” report being relentlessly swarmed by mosquitoes in the Everglades-based illegal immigration detention facility.
5 things to know about GardaWorld, one of the contractors behind Alligator Alcatraz
GardaWorld, an international security company whose U.S. headquarters are in Boca Raton, is one of several contractors hired ...