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Florida GOP Drops 'Sick' Alligator Alcatraz Merch to Flood of Backlash: 'Disgusting and Inexcusable'

As Florida officials rush to open Alligator Alcatraz to detain migrants in the Everglades, the state's Republican Party premiered a line of branded merchandise.

International Business Times

Outrage As Trump Admin Plots $450m ICE Facility in Gator-Filled Florida Swamp Liberals Call It 'Barbaric'

A $450m migrant detention center in Florida's Everglades is sparking backlash over its harsh, remote setting and controversial messaging.

International Business Times UK

Protesters line highway in Florida Everglades to oppose 'Alligator Alcatraz'

The Florida immigration detention site dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” is being met by opposition from a range of groups concerned with its impacts on local Native American tribes, the Everglades ecosystem and human rights for migrants

The Independent UK

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Environmental groups sue to block migrant detention center rising in Florida Everglades

Environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit to block a migrant detention center being built on an airstrip in the heart of the Florida Everglades

The Independent UK

Florida National Guard Will Deploy 100 Troops To Secure 'Alligator Alcatraz' Detention Center

The Florida National Guard is deploying some 100 troops to "Alligator Alcatraz," a new detention center located in the Everglades

Latin Times

Florida plan for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ migrant jail sparks chorus of outrage

Environmental groups, immigration advocates and Native Americans decry idea to set up the outdoor detention camp

The Guardian - US

Native leaders blast construction of Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' on land they call sacred

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is racing ahead with construction of a makeshift immigration detention facility at an airstrip in the Everglades over the opposition of Native American leaders who consider the area their sacred ancestral homelands

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Florida AG’s warning to AOC and ‘communists’ over ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ as DeSantis promises more deportations

James Uthmeier sneers that liberal protesters will not be able to picket new facility because of its situation deep in the Everglades: ‘Good luck finding it’

The Independent UK

‘Nowhere to go, nowhere to hide’: Florida builds ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ in Everglades for migrant detention

...that is worse than prisons for mass murderers

We Got This Covered

What to know about "Alligator Alcatraz," Florida's immigration detention site in the Everglades

An immigration detention facility located at an isolated Everglades airfield surrounded by mosquito-, python- and alligator-filled swamplands is just days away from being operational

The Independent UK

Florida Seizes Land Owned By Miami-Dade To Build 'Alligator Alcatraz' To Detain Migrants

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the Trump administration will fund an initiative by the Florida government to set up an immigration detention camp in the Everglades

Latin Times

Florida building ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ for undocumented migrants in the Everglades that will cost $450m per year to run

Facility under construction on former airfield and will cost $450m per year to run

The Independent UK

Miami-Dade Mayor Criticizes Proposed Plan For Migrant Detention Center 'Alligator Alcatraz,' Says Environmental Impact Could Be 'Devastating'

Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava expressed reservations about a proposed migrant detention center in the Everglades

Latin Times

Florida Proposes 'Alligator Alcatraz' to House Detained Migrants and Speed Up Deportations

Florida's attorney general proposed using a 30-square-mile part of the Everglades to house, process, and deport detained migrants.

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Latin Times

Florida AG Unveils Plan for Immigrant Detention Camp Surrounded by Alligators and Pythons

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has proposed a new immigrant detention facility nicknamed "Alligator Alcatraz," located at a remote airport site surrounded by Everglades wildlife

The Guardian - US

Florida removes record haul of invasive pythons in effort to curb population

The increase in Burmese pythons had resulted in loss of animals native to the Everglades

LiveScience

Florida bobcat bites the head off of 13-foot Burmese python in the Everglades

Wildlife experts believe that predators native to the Everglades are beginning to fight back against the invasive species of snake.

The Guardian - US

New eco-hotel at Everglades national park built for age of super hurricanes

Flamingo Lodge – constructed from repurposed shipping containers on stilts – replaces Florida facility battered by hurricanes Katrina and Wilma

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The Independent UK

Everglades restoration would protect Florida Keys while scientists watch drought conditions

The Everglades is more than just swamps, fan boats and alligators and restoration efforts impact more than the land between Florida’s east and west coasts

The Conversation

25 years of Everglades restoration has improved drinking water for millions in Florida, but a new risk is rising

Do you know where your drinking water comes from?

WhatToWatch

Alison Hammond's Florida Unpacked: release date, activities and everything we know

Alison Hammond and her son Aidan reveal how to have an epic holiday on a budget in Alison Hammond's Florida Unpacked.

The Independent UK

Takeaways from AP's story on the Miccosukee's fight to protect the Everglades

For centuries, the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida has called the Everglades home

The Independent UK

In Florida, the Miccosukee fight to protect the Everglades in the face of climate change

For centuries, the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida has called the Everglades home

Top News

Everglades Restoration Efforts Making Progress Despite Challenges

Efforts to restore the Everglades face challenges from pollution and climate change, but progress is being made to protect this vital ecosystem.

The Independent UK

Takeaways from AP's story on Everglades restoration efforts

For decades, largescale engineering projects for development and agriculture drained and partitioned south Florida’s Everglades, a vast wetlands landscape home to endangered and threatened species and a vital source of drinking water for millions of Floridians

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