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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced plans to open a second immigration detention center, dubbed “Deportation Depot,” as a step to expand the state’s capacity to hold and deport undocumented immigrants.
In a legal filing Wednesday, detainees at Alligator Alcatraz and their lawyers allege the tent camp on an airstrip in the Everglades has become a squalid place with limited access
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.
A federal judge is deciding whether to close or keep open a detention site in the Everglades, which environmentalists and the Miccosukee Tribe claim violates the National Environmental Policy Act and threatens endangered species and tribal homelands.
Sarasota County sheriff's deputies who have received training from U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement have been posted to Alligator Alcatraz.
Religious leaders, advocates and family members of detainees gathered for a vigil outside Alligator Alcatraz. Officials deny their claims.
Forget GEO Group Stadium, protesters started a movement 12-years ago to make sure another name caught on where Florida Atlantic would play: "Owlcatraz."