Skyler Swisher
Reporter at Orlando Sentinel
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15 hours ago |
orlandosentinel.com | Skyler Swisher |Rafael Olmeda
Environmental groups filed a lawsuit Friday seeking to halt construction of a state-run immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades called "Alligator Alcatraz" that is set to open within days. The Friends of the Everglades and Center for Biological Diversity sued in federal court, arguing that the project did not go through a required environmental review and public comment period.
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2 days ago |
gazettextra.com | Skyler Swisher
ORLANDO, Fla. - Florida and federal officials plan to set up as many as 5,000 immigration detention beds as soon as next week at an Everglades airfield nicknamed "Alligator Alcatraz" and potentially at a National Guard training base in the northern part of the state. Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday the state-run detention centers will relieve county jails facing an influx of inmates subject to deportation.
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2 days ago |
orlandosentinel.com | Skyler Swisher
Florida and federal officials plan to set up as many as 5,000 immigration detention beds as soon as next week at an Everglades airfield nicknamed "Alligator Alcatraz" and potentially at a National Guard training base in the northern part of the state. Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday the state-run detention centers will relieve county jails facing an influx of inmates subject to deportation. Florida officials have vowed to aggressively support President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.
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3 days ago |
dailygazette.com | Skyler Swisher
ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida and federal officials plan to set up as many as 5,000 immigration detention beds as soon as next week at an Everglades airfield nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz” and potentially at a National Guard training base in the northern part of the state. Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday the state-run detention centers will relieve county jails facing an influx of inmates subject to deportation.
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3 days ago |
orlandosentinel.com | Skyler Swisher |Rafael Olmeda
Gov. Ron DeSantis is using emergency powers to seize an airfield in the Florida Everglades and make a proposed "Alligator Alcatraz" immigration detention center a reality, administration officials said Tuesday. The move sparked outrage from Democrats who called it a "land grab" that could inflict environmental damage to one of the state's natural wonders.
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