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Deportations start at Alligator Alcatraz as Florida officials vow to "surge" immigration arrests

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday announced deportation flights had begun to take off from the so-called Alligator Alcatraz ...

New aerial footage captures ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ from above

New aerial footage is showing another view of the new high-security immigration detention center in Florida's Everglades ...

Lawyers question legality of Alligator Alcatraz, ask federal judge to intervene

"This is an unprecedented situation where hundreds of detainees are held incommunicado, with no ability to access the courts, ...

Central Florida DACA recipient released from Alligator Alcatraz, attorney says. He’s still jailed.

A Central Florida man — legally in the United States, according to his attorneys — has been released from the state’s ...

Archbishops say Florida infringes on detainees' religious freedom at Alligator Alcatraz

Archbishops say Florida is infringing on freedom for religious expression for those detained at Alligator Alcatraz.

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 ...
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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 ...