“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 »
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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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 »
Florida’s attorney general announced that construction of the jail in the Big Cypress National Preserve had begun.
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Indigenous and Green Groups Protest ICE’s “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Everglades 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 »
The law is an “egregiously unconstitutional attempt to censor” free speech, the lawyer for the plaintiffs said.
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Appellate Court Says Florida’s Drag Show Ban Is Likely Unconstitutional Read Post »
“We are filing this lawsuit because we refuse to let them silence the people of Florida,” said one plaintiff.
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Group Sues Florida Officials Over Law Targeting Citizen-Led Ballot Initiatives Read Post »
Mike Hixenbaugh first knew things had changed when someone on a four-wheeler started ripping up his lawn after his wife placed a Black Lives Matter sign outside their home on the suburban outskirts of Houston. Hixenbaugh is an award-winning investigative reporter for NBC News. He’s covered wrongdoing within the child welfare system, safety lapses inside […]
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How Public Schools Became Ground Zero for America’s Culture Wars Read Post »
In a clear case of racial profiling, immigration police in Florida unlawfully arrested and held a US-born citizen.
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The Kafkaesque Case of Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez Is a Warning to Us All Read Post »
Florida Atlantic University’s president was an executive at a for-profit prison group that manages 16 ICE jails.
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FL University Aims to Deputize Campus Cops as Immigration Enforcement Agents Read Post »
“This bill is going to lead to exploitation of children,” one critic of the proposal said.
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FL GOP Bill Would Allow Employers to Schedule Child Workers for Overnight Shifts Read Post »
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