The state will also get $38 million from ICE for equipment and transportation involved in detaining non-citizens.
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Homeland Security’s Kristi Noem mentioned plans to build similar immigration jails in Arizona, Nebraska, and Louisiana.
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Critics slammed the move, calling the jail an environmental threat that “has been functioning as an extrajudicial site.”
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A judge ordered the notorious ICE jail to close pending environmental review. Florida officials have already appealed.
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The judge sided with plaintiffs who said the Everglades detention camp was significantly damaging the ecosystem.
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Federal Judge Orders Closure of “Alligator Alcatraz” Read Post »
One observer expressed concern to Prism about the facility’s extreme climate, infrastructure, and medical capacity.
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“It feels like history is slowly not repeating, but echoing,” tribe secretary William “Popeye” Osceola says.
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Miccosukee Tribe Lawsuit Challenges Environmental Harm at “Alligator Alcatraz” Read Post »
Many of these companies have sordid histories that include alleged sexual abuse and creating harmful living conditions.
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One prisoner said detainees were was being forced to eat meals with their hands shackled behind their backs.
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Report Says Florida Immigration Prisons Are Violating Human Rights Standards Read Post »
Despite public outrage, Trump is doubling down on deportation policies designed to incarcerate 100,000 immigrants.
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Organizers Call for Shutdown of Immigrant Jails as Trump Expands Incarceration Read Post »
The tribe will keep fighting to “protect the land and save the land that saved us,” said the tribal council secretary.
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FL Miccosukee Tribe Joins Environmental Groups Suing Over “Alligator Alcatraz” Read Post »
Democratic lawmakers are blasting the horrific conditions in Florida’s new immigration jail in the Everglades.
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