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‘Alligator Alcatraz’ migrant jail could halt construction over environmental concerns

A federal judge is hearing closing arguments over whether to stop construction indefinitely at an immigrant detention center ...

Some "Alligator Alcatraz" detainees are DACA recipients, have no criminal history

Some "Alligator Alcatraz" detainees are among the more than half a million recipients of the Obama-era Deferred Action for ...

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 ...

Alligator clamped down on python and was whipping it around, Florida video shows

One of the invasive Burmese pythons plaguing South Florida met its demise in the jaws of an alligator, and the grisly scene ...

Critics of 'Alligator Alcatraz' argue it should be shuttered due to environmental concerns

An eight-hour hearing on the future of "Alligator Alcatraz" ended Wednesday with more questions than answers about who runs ...

Judge orders temporary halt to construction at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center

A federal judge has ordered a two-week halt to construction at an immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed ...

Florida alligator sanctuary owner catches loose gator in Magnolia Lake while visiting family in Pennsylvania

After warnings about a gator spotted in a Bucks County lake, a Florida alligator sanctuary owner sprang into action and ...

Gator devours massive python in Florida Everglades, near Alligator Alcatraz

An alligator made a meal out of an invasive Burmese python at Shark Valley in the Florida Everglades, near Alligator Alcatraz, an ICE detention center ...