US EditionEnvironmental groups sue to block opening of "Alligator Alcatraz" migrant camp in Florida Everglades
- On Friday, the Center for Biological Diversity and Friends of the Everglades filed a lawsuit to halt construction of the migrant detention center in the Florida Everglades.
- Florida officials invoked emergency powers under DeSantis to bypass environmental reviews, enabling rapid land use changes for the detention center in the ecologically sensitive Everglades.
- Environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit last Friday to halt construction of the 96% wetlands migrant detention center near Miami, citing lack of environmental review and threats to endangered species like the Florida panther.
- Days before operation at an Everglades airfield, a lawsuit names the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Florida Division of Emergency Management and Miami-Dade County as defendants.
- Florida's rapid construction of the 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center in the ecologically sensitive Everglades signals a broader federal push for increased immigrant detention capacity, echoing a long-standing fight over environmental preservation and enforcement policies.
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Tallahassee, Florida.- Environmentalist groups filed a federal lawsuit on Friday to block a migrant detention center called "Alcatraz de los Caimans", which is now being built on an airstrip in the heart of Florida's Everglades. The lawsuit seeks to stop the project until it undergoes a rigorous environmental review, as required by federal and state laws. There is also supposed to be an opportunity for public debate, according to the lawsuit fil…
Environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit Friday to block a migrant detention center nicknamed "Alcatraz of the Alligators," now being built on an airstrip in the heart of the Florida Everglades.
Alligator Alcatraz Backlash, Why Tribal Leaders Are Furious - American Faith
Florida officials are moving fast to convert a remote Everglades facility into a migrant processing center dubbed Alligator Alcatraz, capable of housing up to 3,000 illegal immigrants—but the location, surrounded by swamps, alligators, and pythons, has ignited backlash from indigenous leaders who say the land is sacred. The project, backed by Governor Ron DeSantis and approved by the Department of Homeland Security, is centered on the Miami-Dade…
Environmental groups sue to block ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
A coalition of environmental groups on Friday sued over the Trump administration’s plans to build a detention center in the Everglades that critics have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.” The suit seeks to block the Trump administration from building the new facility on a Florida airfield, the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport (TNT) near Big Cypress National…
Florida’s New Migrant Detention Facility "Alligator Alcatraz" Faces Legal Challenge
Environmental Groups File Lawsuit to Protect Everglades from Detention Center Development In a new development Friday, Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court to block the construction of the “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center. The lawsuit names the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and […] Florida’s New Migrant Detention Facility “Alligator Alcatraz” Faces …
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