The disclosure intensified existing anger over the university’s police partnership with ICE and ongoing labor disputes.
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Faculty Want Answers on University Supplying Equipment for “Alligator Alcatraz” Read Post »
A judge ordered the notorious ICE jail to close pending environmental review. Florida officials have already appealed.
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Miccosukee Tribe Won a Battle Against Alligator Alcatraz, But the War Isn’t Over Read Post »
A federal judge in Miami has ruled that operations at the controversial detention facility Alligator Alcatraz must begin to wind down, ordering state and federal officials to stop transferring detainees there and relocate current detainees within 60 days. Two weeks after US District Judge Kathleen Williams, an Obama appointee, ordered a temporary pause on any […]
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Judge: Tear Down Alligator Alcatraz Within 60 Days Read Post »
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 »
“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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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 »
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