US EditionFlorida's immigration enforcement costs spark debate over detention facility
FLORIDA EVERGLADES, COLLIER COUNTY, JUL 18 – Democratic lawmakers propose a bill to defund the Everglades detention center amid reports of overcrowding, degrading conditions, and $450 million annual operating costs, officials said.
- Earlier this month, Democratic members of the Florida congressional delegation introduced the No Cages in the Everglades Act, aiming to block federal funding for Alligator Alcatraz.
- Situated on an old airport within the Big Cypress National Preserve, environmental activists have raised alarms, noting claims of high heat and overcrowding, a lawsuit filed by activists, and concerns over endangered species.
- Contract documents show a $36,848,875 deal with LTS, Inc. for initial site preparation, built in just over a week on the former airstrip, with capacity for 3,000 detainees.
- Gov. Ron DeSantis defended the camp, saying `zero impact` on the Everglades, while Republicans said the facility operates as necessary and as it should.
- In a new lawsuit, the governor faces implications that detainees lack access to attorneys, indicating potential legal violations and further court action.
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Humanitarian organization Human Rights Watch documents abuses in three immigration detention centers in Florida
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WPLGEnvironmentalists’ lawsuit to halt Alligator Alcatraz filed in wrong court, Florida official says
Florida’s top emergency official asked a federal judge on Monday to resist a request by environmentalists to halt an immigration detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz in the middle of the Florida Everglades because their lawsuit was filed in the wrong jurisdiction. Even though the property is owned by Miami-Dade County, Florida’s southern district is the wrong venue for the lawsuit since the detention center is located in neighboring Coll…
'Help me! Help me!' Witnesses describe horror at 3 Florida immigrant centers
A new report released Monday by Human Rights Watch details what the organization describes as "abusive practices" at three immigrant detention facilities in the state of Florida.The report documents conditions for detained immigrants at Florida's Krome North Service Processing Center (Krome), the Broward Transitional Center (BTC), and the Federal Detention Center (FDC) during the period of January through June of this year, and it alleges that a…
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