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Judge delays ruling on "Alligator Alcatraz" as environmental groups push for shutdown

Environmentalists and the Miccosukee Tribe are urging U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams to issue a preliminary injunction ...

Judge concludes hearing on halting ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ construction over environmental concerns without an immediate ruling

The fate of a makeshift immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” hung in the balance ...

Construction at ‘Alligator Alcatraz' migrant jail could be halted over environmental concerns

Construction of “Alligator Alcatraz” could be halted indefinitely as a federal judge considered whether the development on ...

‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detainees Allege Disease, Flooding at Florida Facility

In a legal filing Wednesday, detainees at Alligator Alcatraz and their lawyers allege the tent camp on an airstrip in the ...

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

Last week, US District Judge Kathleen Williams ordered a 14-day halt on additional construction at the site while witnesses ...

Judge to rule within a week on whether to temporarily shutter Alligator Alcatraz

U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams said Wednesday following days of testimony about the environmental impacts of the ...
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'Who's running the show?' is a key question in 'Alligator Alcatraz' challenge

A lawsuit challenging construction and operations of an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as ...

‘Alligator Alcatraz’ fate debated

The fate of a makeshift immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" hung in the balance on Wednesday as a federal judge considered whether building on sensitive ...

Gator devours massive python in Florida Everglades, near Alligator Alcatraz

An alligator made a meal out of an invasive Burmese python at Shark Valley in the Florida Everglades, near Alligator Alcatraz, an ICE detention center ...