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At ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ Did a Detainee Just Faint or Need CPR?
Homeland Security says a detainee fainted. But other accounts say the man was unconscious. One witness said the guards did ...
Construction of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ halted by judge
A judge has ordered the halt of construction of a Florida detention facility Donald Trump had nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz” ...
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Judge Puts Temporary Hold on ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Construction
A federal judge on Thursday ordered a two-week halt to further construction at the immigrant detention center in the Florida ...
The ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Site Once Changed History. Now, It’s Testing the Law Again.
Officials building a Florida detention center appear to be skipping environmental reviews made mandatory decades ago after a ...
Florida updated agreement on handling detainees at 'Alligator Alcatraz,' but a month after it opened
Florida's corrections agency and ICE updated an agreement on handling federal immigration detainees, but they did it more ...
Critics of 'Alligator Alcatraz' argue it should be shuttered due to environmental concerns
An eight-hour hearing on the future of "Alligator Alcatraz" ended Wednesday with more questions than answers about who runs ...
A Terrible Environmental Law Finally Did Something Good: It Paused Construction of Alligator Alcatraz
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order against any additional construction at the immigration detention center ...