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Faith leaders rally weekly at Alligator Alcatraz, urge humane treatment for detainees

Religious leaders, advocates and family members of detainees gathered for a vigil outside Alligator Alcatraz. Officials deny ...

Environmental concerns could halt construction at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration jail

Gov. Ron DeSantis has said the location in the rugged and remote Everglades was meant as a deterrent against escape, much ...

Judge to rule in a week on future of Alligator Alcatraz as groups seek injunction

Alligator Alcatraz came to life in June after Florida's attorney general announced on social media that a detention center ...
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'Our immigration system is broken': What's at stake in Monday's 'Alligator Alcatraz' hearing

A federal judge in Miami will hear arguments on Monday in a case over the controversial immigration detention center in the ...

Judge stops work at Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz.' What are they building there?

Construction at "Alligator Alcatraz," Florida's new immigrant detention center, has been halted while a judge hears arguments on environmental impacts.

Federal judge halts expansion at Trump admin's Alligator Alcatraz detention facility in Florida

Court ruling stops new infrastructure capacity at Florida's Alligator Alcatraz detention facility but permits continued ...

Judge orders Florida, federal officials to produce ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ agreements

A federal judge has ordered officials to produce agreements showing who has legal authority at “Alligator Alcatraz,” an ...

'Father Frank' to say Mass outside Alligator Alcatraz, protesting immigration crackdown

The Mass will mark the Rev. Frank O'Loughlin's 60th year as a priest, all of them spent serving farmworkers and immigrants ...