US EditionRepublican donors and Florida's hurricane know-how helped build 'Alligator Alcatraz' so quickly
- The project was halted after only one of six runways was built, due to environmental concerns and the FAA ban on overland supersonic flights in 1973.
- On Thursday, detainees arrived at 'Alligator Alcatraz,' a state-built facility with a 3,000 capacity that has not yet received federal funding, costing $450 million annually.
- Environmentalists warn that ongoing construction and truck traffic risk permanently displacing wildlife and causing irreversible habitat loss in Big Cypress National Preserve.
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Republican donors and Florida’s hurricane know-how helped build ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ so quickly - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports
In a matter of days, an isolated training airport in the Everglades where endangered Florida panthers roam became a sprawling immigration detention center christened “Alligator Alcatraz,” modeled
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The Toronto StarRepublican donors and Florida’s hurricane know-how helped build ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ so quickly
In a matter of days, an isolated training airport in the Everglades where endangered Florida panthers roam became a sprawling immigration detention center christened "Alligator Alcatraz,” modeled after the state’s frequent responses to hurricanes and built in part by companies…
Republican donors and Florida's hurricane know-how helped build 'Alligator Alcatraz' so quickly
In a matter of days, an isolated training airport in the Everglades where endangered Florida panthers roam became a sprawling immigration detention center christened “Alligator Alcatraz,” modeled after the state’s frequent responses to hurricanes and built in part by companies whose owners have donated generously to Republicans. It’s been less than two weeks since the state seized the property from Miami-Dade County. Massive tents have been erec…
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