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Judge appears skeptical about lawsuit challenging treatment of detainees at 'Alligator Alcatraz'

A judge appeared skeptical Monday about a lawsuit challenging the temporary detention facility in the Everglades known as ...

Judge gives Trump administration and Florida partial victory in "Alligator Alcatraz" case

A federal judge tossed out part of a lawsuit brought by detainees at the "Alligator Alcatraz" detention center in the Florida ...

Federal court hearing about legal conditions of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detainees ends without immediate ruling

A federal judge heard arguments Monday but declined to make an immediate ruling about the legal conditions of detainees at ...

‘Shut it down.’ Every Sunday, they come to pray outside Alligator Alcatraz

As thunder boomed on an ominous Sunday evening just outside of Alligator Alcatraz, over 200 people — most of them reverends, rabbis, pastors and people of assorted faiths — chanted in unison, “Shut it ...

'It’s like you’re dead alive': Families, advocates allege inhumane conditions at 'Alligator Alcatraz'

Immigration attorneys and advocates are raising concerns about what they say are inhumane conditions at the "Alligator ...

Environmental concerns could halt construction at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration jail

The fate of a makeshift immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” hangs in the balance ...

Uthmeier said judge who sanctioned him should visit Alligator Alcatraz. She’s down

Florida’s attorney general welcomed judges overseeing Alligator Alcatraz cases to visit the detention center. One of them ...

Judge to rule in a week on future of Alligator Alcatraz as groups seek injunction

Alligator Alcatraz came to life in June after Florida's attorney general announced on social media that a detention center ...

What we know about 2 key lawsuits over ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

Two separate lawsuits could ensure detainees have proper access to their legal counsel or shut down operations at the ...