Tag: Alligator Alcatraz

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said he hopes for a protected environmental area

Advocacy groups suing the state aren’t buying the explanation for transferring detainees to other facilities.

Federal law requires environmental studies that never happened with Alligator Alcatraz.

The pollution is associated with more than 200 diesel-burning generators and 100 diesel-burning lighting towers.

Conservation groups say they will continue their litigation over environmental concerns at the site.

'Alligator Alcatraz' shows that protecting our environment cannot be separated from protecting human dignity.

An appeals court ruled the migrant detention site may continue operating while litigation proceeds.

The ruling found federal law doesn't apply because Florida runs the facility and hasn't received federal funding.

A months-long legal battle involves whether the facility is subject to federal environmental laws.

It is safe to say she would be horrified at an Everglades landing strip becoming an immigrant detention center.