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Protests Continue over the Construction of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ in the Everglades
- On June 28, 2025, hundreds gathered to protest plans for a new immigrant detention facility known as "Alligator Alcatraz," located in the Florida Everglades near Ochopee.
- The protest arose as Florida began building the center on a 39-square-mile abandoned airstrip inside Big Cypress National Preserve, raising concerns over environmental damage and sacred Native American lands.
- State Attorney General James Uthmeier proposed the site for its low cost and quick setup, with DeSantis stating the center will intake detainees imminently and emphasizing its secure remote location.
- Officials expect the center to provide 5,000 detention beds at a cost exceeding $450 million, with Florida Guard deploying 100 soldiers for security and some funding from FEMA.
- Environmental groups filed a lawsuit to halt construction, and activists vowed to maintain protests and legal challenges to protect the Everglades’ ecosystem and tribal rights.
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Trump Set to Visit ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Tuesday
President Donald Trump is expected to attend the formal opening Tuesday of a contentious immigration detention center built on a remote airstrip in Miami-Dade County's Everglades, a move that has spurred protests, lawsuits, and national attention, NBC News reported. Trump is slated to appear at the ribbon-cutting for the new immigration detention facility Tuesday that state officials have nicknamed "Alligator Alcatraz." FAA flight records review…
Debate over 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center a personal one for members of Miccosukee and Seminole tribes
The constant rumbling of passing dump trucks drowns out the once familiar chirping of birds at the family home of Mae’anna Osceola-Hart in Everglades National Park.“It’s all-day, all-night truck noise,” says the 21-year-old photographer who describes herself as part Miccosukee and part Seminole, two Florida tribes at the heart of the debate over the detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz.”The homes of Miccosukee and Seminole people, as we…
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Protests continue over the construction of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ in the Everglades
MIAMI — Hundreds of people gathered in the heart of the Everglades on Saturday — signs raised and chants echoing — to protest “Alligator Alcatraz,” a migrant detention center being built on a former airstrip in Big Cypress National Preserve. Read more...
‘Alligator Alcatraz’ protesters speak out against the construction of the immigration detention center - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports
(WSVN) - Hundreds of people took to the streets to protest the construction of an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades that officials have
‘People I Know Are In Tears’: Hundreds Gather To Protest Constructing Immigrant Detention Center ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
Hundreds of people lined a Florida highway Saturday to protest the construction of an immigrant detention center dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz."
Protest Erupts Over "Alligator Alcatraz" Immigration Detention Center in Florida Everglades
Florida’s Everglades became the backdrop for a major protest on Saturday as a diverse coalition of environmentalists, Native American leaders, and human rights advocates gathered to oppose the construction of a new immigrant detention center. Demonstrators lined portions of U.S. Highway 41—known as the Tamiami Trail—near a remote airstrip in Big Cypress National Preserve, where dump trucks and construction equipment were seen entering the site. …
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