US EditionThe Miccosukee Tribe of Florida Wants to Join a Federal Lawsuit Against ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE, FLORIDA, JUL 15 – The Miccosukee Tribe alleges the detention center violates environmental laws and tribal rights, with 3,000 beds and 400 security personnel onsite, challenging rapid construction without proper reviews.
- The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida filed a lawsuit and seeks to join a federal case opposing the new immigrant detention facility called 'Alligator Alcatraz' in the Everglades.
- The facility was rapidly built on the tribe's traditional lands without their consent, prompting legal challenges citing violations of sovereign rights and lack of required environmental review.
- Lawmakers toured the center but faced limited access while reports detailed harsh conditions with overcrowded cages, poor sanitation, hunger strikes, and detainees unable to access showers or confidential legal counsel.
- Congressman Maxwell Frost reported that 32 detainees were confined to a single cage and forced to drink water from toilet spigots, while Representative Anna Eskamani remarked that even animals are kept in more humane conditions, underscoring the harshness faced by those detained.
- The lawsuit and tribe's intervention indicate growing opposition that could delay the facility's operation and emphasize indigenous treaty rights alongside human and environmental concerns.
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The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida wants to join a federal lawsuit against ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida is seeking to join a federal lawsuit aimed at halting the construction of a new immigration detention facility in the Everglades, which tribal members consider their sacred ancestral homelands.
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