Detaining immigrants in an untamed swamp was never workable
Federal law requires environmental studies that never happened with Alligator Alcatraz.
Federal law requires environmental studies that never happened with Alligator Alcatraz.
The National Environmental Policy Act was ignored when the Everglades detention camp was built.
There is a new interpretation of a law requiring federal agencies to document the environmental effects of proposed actions.
Less consideration could be given to how projects would contribute to climate change.
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