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'Alligator Alcatraz' migrant jail could halt construction over environmental concerns

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A federal judge is hearing closing arguments over whether to stop construction indefinitely at an immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed โ€œAlligator Alcatraz.โ€.

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Florida updated agreement on handling detainees at 'Alligator Alcatraz,' but a month after it opened

Read full article: Florida updated agreement on handling detainees at 'Alligator Alcatraz,' but a month after it opened

Florida's corrections agency and ICE updated an agreement on handling federal immigration detainees, but they did it more than a month after โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™ opened.

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Judge considers whether Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center violates environmental law

Read full article: Judge considers whether Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center violates environmental law

A federal judge heard arguments about an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, known as โ€œAlligator Alcatraz.โ€.

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Judge orders Florida, federal officials to produce 'Alligator Alcatraz' agreements

Read full article: Judge orders Florida, federal officials to produce 'Alligator Alcatraz' agreements

A federal judge has ordered officials to produce agreements showing who has legal authority at โ€œAlligator Alcatraz,โ€ an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades.

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Attorneys: โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™ detainees held without charges, barred from legal access

Read full article: Attorneys: โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™ detainees held without charges, barred from legal access

Lawyers seeking a temporary restraining order against an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades say that โ€œAlligator Alcatrazโ€ detainees have been barred from meeting attorneys.

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Deportation flights from Floridaโ€™s โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™ detention center have begun, DeSantis says

Read full article: Deportation flights from Floridaโ€™s โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™ detention center have begun, DeSantis says

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says deportation flights from the remote Everglades immigration lockup known as Alligator Alcatraz began in the past few days.

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Florida woman bitten, pulled under water by alligator during boat outing: sheriff

Read full article: Florida woman bitten, pulled under water by alligator during boat outing: sheriff

A 27-year-old woman was taken to the hospital on Wednesday after an alligator bit her and briefly pulled her under water during a boat outing in Martin County, according to the countyโ€™s sheriffโ€™s office.

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Florida signs $245 million in contracts for โ€˜Alligator Alcatraz.โ€™ Hereโ€™s a look by the numbers

Read full article: Florida signs $245 million in contracts for โ€˜Alligator Alcatraz.โ€™ Hereโ€™s a look by the numbers

Gov. Ron DeSantis โ€™ administration has already signed contracts to pay at least $245 million to set up and run the new immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed โ€œAlligator Alcatraz,โ€ according to a public database.

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Environmentalistsโ€™ lawsuit to halt โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™ filed in wrong court, Florida official says

Read full article: Environmentalistsโ€™ lawsuit to halt โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™ filed in wrong court, Florida official says

Floridaโ€™s top emergency official asked a federal judge on Monday to resist a request by environmentalists to halt an immigration detention center known as โ€œAlligator Alcatrazโ€ in the middle of the Florida Everglades because their lawsuit was filed in the wrong jurisdiction.

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Jacksonville man files trademark for name โ€˜Alligator Alcatraz,โ€™ says itโ€™s a way to fight against โ€˜hate merchโ€™

Read full article: Jacksonville man files trademark for name โ€˜Alligator Alcatraz,โ€™ says itโ€™s a way to fight against โ€˜hate merchโ€™

A Jacksonville man is filing a trademark Class 28 for the name โ€œAlligator Alcatraz.โ€

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Lawmakers visit โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™ after being blocked

Read full article: Lawmakers visit โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™ after being blocked

Democratic lawmakers are condemning Floridaโ€™s new Everglades immigration detention center after making a state-arranged visit.

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First immigration detainees arrive at Florida center in the Everglades

Read full article: First immigration detainees arrive at Florida center in the Everglades

The first group of immigrants has arrived at a new detention center deep in the Florida Everglades that officials have dubbed โ€œAlligator Alcatraz.โ€.

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Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center is set to receive its first group of immigrants

Read full article: Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center is set to receive its first group of immigrants

The first group of immigrants are set to arrive at a new detention center deep in the Florida Everglades that officials have dubbed โ€œAlligator Alcatraz.โ€.

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Federal judge halts the Trump administration from dismantling the US African Development Foundation

Read full article: Federal judge halts the Trump administration from dismantling the US African Development Foundation

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from dismantling a U.S. federal agency that invests in African small businesses.

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US calls reported threats by pro-Iran hackers to release Trump-tied material a 'smear campaign'

Read full article: US calls reported threats by pro-Iran hackers to release Trump-tied material a 'smear campaign'

A news report says hackers supporting Iran have threatened to release emails supposedly stolen from people connected to President Donald Trump.

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Deputies: Man mauled by tiger at Florida airboat attraction

Read full article: Deputies: Man mauled by tiger at Florida airboat attraction

Officials say a tiger mauled a worker at a Florida airboat attraction.

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Massive 98-pound Burmese python captured in Florida

Read full article: Massive 98-pound Burmese python captured in Florida

OCHOPEE, Florida (CNN) - What would you do if you encountered a 98-pound Burmese python while out on a hike in Florida? The captors are members of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Python Action Team. The Python Action Team was created by the commission to lead python control efforts. These team members are paid to find and capture Burmese pythons in regions throughout south Florida. "Removing 900 pythons is a great milestone for our Python Action Team!"

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