Florida, Deportation Depot and Alligator Alcatraz
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Construction of “Alligator Alcatraz” could be halted indefinitely as a federal judge considered whether the development on wetlands violates environmental laws.
Sarasota County sheriff's deputies who have received training from U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement have been posted to Alligator Alcatraz.
Alligator Alcatraz came to life in June after Florida's attorney general announced on social media that a detention center would be built in Collier.
Religious leaders, advocates and family members of detainees gathered for a vigil outside Alligator Alcatraz. Officials deny their claims.
Alligator Alcatraz is a temporary migrant detention center near the Florida Everglades. The controversial center reportedly has a capacity of up to 3,000 detainees, housed in FEMA tents and trailers.
Forget GEO Group Stadium, protesters started a movement 12-years ago to make sure another name caught on where Florida Atlantic would play: "Owlcatraz."
The Mass will mark the Rev. Frank O'Loughlin's 60th year as a priest, all of them spent serving farmworkers and immigrants across southern Florida.
Lawyers say immigrants battling medical emergencies and disease at Alligator Alcatraz: ‘I don’t want to die in here’ - DHS rejects claims of a disease outbreak at the Florida Everglades detention cent