Florida, Alligator Alcatraz
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Miccosukee Chairman Talbert Cypress exposes the fight to stop a detention center built on sacred Everglades land—without tribal consultation.
The eight Democrats said Thursday they introduced the “No Cages in the Everglades Act." The bill faces long odds of passage in the House, where Republicans hold a 220-212 majority.
Homeland Security’s Secretary Kristi Noem "is using FEMA funds to build her Alligator Alcatraz concentration camp in Florida. At the beginning of hurricane season," reads a June 23 X post. "When we can’t pay our bills or fund meals for kids and the elderly.
Money initially awarded to a West Baltimore nonprofit food distribution and compost center will now be used for the “Alligator Alcatraz” immigrant detention center.
Opinion. The Miccosukee Tribe has lived in Florida’s Big Cypress National Preserve since time immemorial. Today, 640 tribal members still call the Everglades home.
A federal judge in Chicago has temporarily barred the Trump administration from redirecting funds intended to support services for migrants in Chicago, Denver, and Pima County, Ariz., after attorneys raised concerns that the money would instead go toward funding the new “Alligator Alcatraz” detention facility.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is racing to build migrant tent camps nationwide after receiving $45 billion in new funding, aiming to expand detention capacity from 40,000 to 100,000 beds by year-end,
Democratic members of the Florida congressional delegation want to stop federal money from flowing to what they described as the “lawless, inhumane immigration detention site” in the
There may or may not be a stretch of pavement in the Everglades that exposes an alleged lie about Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” detention camp.
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement is prioritising large-scale tent facilities at military bases and ICE jails. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Former top immigration officials from the Biden administration warned Tuesday that billions for immigration enforcement signed into law earlier this month will escalate the rapid detention and deportations of immigrants.