“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 »
Even before the immigration detention camp deep within the Everglades officially opened, the name of the facility, Alligator Alcatraz, had become a punchline for jokes within MAGA circles. “People get out, there’s not much waiting for them other than alligators and pythons,” Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, who was the first to announce plans for […]
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Alligator Alcatraz Swag Is the Hot New MAGA Merch Read Post »
Earlier this month, Florida Rep. Anna Eskamani, a Democrat from Orlando, joined several state lawmakers on a tour inside Alligator Alcatraz. When Eskamani entered a large white tent where detainees are separated into chain-link fenced areas, each containing 32 beds and three toilets, the men began chanting “Libertad!”—which means liberty in Spanish. Eskamani and the […]
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Many of these companies have sordid histories that include alleged sexual abuse and creating harmful living conditions.
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Private Security Firms May Earn Millions Under Trump by Aiding Mass Deportations Read Post »
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 »
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 »
David Sirota can be a hard one to pin down. He’s a former speechwriter for Bernie Sanders. A onetime radio host. A co-writer of the Oscar-nominated “Don’t Look Up,” a dark comedy about the looming threat of climate change. (Spoiler: Most people do not, in fact, look up.) Today, Sirota is the editor-in-chief and founder […]
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The Real Conspiracy Behind the Texas Floods Read Post »
They report inadequate and maggot-infested food, inability to bathe, flooding, denial of religious practice, and more.
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“Alligator Alcatraz” Prisoners Say Their Living Conditions Are a Form of Torture Read Post »
Even before “Alligator Alcatraz,” Ron DeSantis had defined his political legacy by gleeful cruelty against immigrants.
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DeSantis Races to Open Immigrant Detention Camp in Swamp Amid Hurricane Season Read Post »
Deep in the Everglades, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration has swiftly begun construction of an ICE detention center on an airfield surrounded by wetlands that will house up to 1,000 detainees and could open as soon as next week. In a Friday interview with Fox News, DeSantis called the new center “Alligator Alcatraz” and said […]
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Environmentalists Sue to Stop Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Deportation Center Read Post »
Last week, the US Supreme Court lifted an order from a Massachusetts district court that had maintained humanitarian parole protections in place for about 530,000 immigrants from Cuba, Venezuela, Haiti, and Nicaragua who had been living in the United States legally under a Biden-era program. Advocacy groups in South Florida condemned the decision that will […]
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Humanitarian Parole Is Over. Now Comes the Fear. Read Post »
Current students don’t feel safe on campus and prospective students are withdrawing their applications out of fear.
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Florida College Faculty Union Urges University to Withdraw From ICE Partnership Read Post »
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