ICE empties ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ amid hurricane season
Advocacy groups suing the state aren’t buying the explanation for transferring detainees to other facilities.
Tag: Friends of the Everglades
Detaining immigrants in an untamed swamp was never workable
Federal law requires environmental studies that never happened with Alligator Alcatraz.
What would Marjory Stoneman Douglas do?
It is safe to say she would be horrified at an Everglades landing strip becoming an immigrant detention center.
Federal appeals court pauses litigation over Alligator Alcatraz
The Trump administration had argued its attorneys were furloughed during the government shutdown.
The rule of law is under attack in the Everglades. We’re fighting back
The National Environmental Policy Act was ignored when the Everglades detention camp was built.
Groups seek emergency halt to Everglades detention center construction
The motion argues that the project would cause 'irreparable harm' to the fragile ecosystem.
DeSantis dismisses environmental concerns regarding ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center
Critics warn of danger to the Florida Everglades.
‘I would like to live in a Florida where I don’t have to ask what’s in the water’ — The director of VoteWater talks about environmental advocacy
A Q&A with Gil Smart, executive director of VoteWater and policy director for Friends of the Everglades.
In the Everglades, a clash portrayed as ‘science vs. politics’ pits a leading scientist against his former employer
An influential foundation contends that Tom Van Lent stole “trade secrets.” Environmentalists question why such “secrets” exist.
Video: Will this be ‘the session of sprawl’ in Florida?
Environmental groups have raised concerns about bills that they say would supercharge irresponsible growth across Florida.