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Fight emerges over 'Alligator Alcatraz' migrant detention center

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is getting pushback from environmentalists who say they were "blindsided" by his proposal to build a temporary migrant detention center in the heart of the Everglades that he has dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz.

USA TODAY · 17h

What is 'Alligator Alcatraz'? Migrant detention center approved in Florida

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said the detention site is expected to open in July in the Everglades. Here's what else we know.

Associated Press News on MSN · 12h

What to know about ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ Florida’s immigration detention site in the Everglades

An immigration detention facility located at an isolated Everglades airfield surrounded by mosquito-, python- and alligator-filled swamplands is just days away from being operational.

5hon MSN

Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center Sparks Major Concern as Construction Begins: ‘An Obscene Human Rights Violation’

The detention facility, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” due to its location, was spearheaded by Florida Attorney General James ...

11hon MSN

Could 'Alligator Alcatraz' Airport Launch Deportation Flights? What We Know

"This is an existing airstrip that is already built and paved," the office of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis told Newsweek.

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‘Alligator Alcatraz’ airport has a long runway. Can it launch deportation flights?

While it’s a mostly idle airfield, the Miami-Dade facility seized by Florida has a runway longer than some at MIA.

Tallahassee Democrat6d

Who is Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier? ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ contempt decision

On June 19, Uthmeier posted a video to X calling for "Alligator Alcatraz," a proposed immigrant detention facility at a remote area in the Everglades. Before being named as attorney general ...

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