Florida, Alligator Alcatraz
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At the direction of Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida is quickly constructing a $450 million-a-year immigration detention center, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz."
Jim Beever spent much of his career reviewing large developments in the Collier County area, which is where the detention center is being built.
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President Trump is expected to arrive at a remote location in the Everglades on Tuesday. The site will serve as a new detention center to house undocumented immigrants arrested in the U.S.
The lawsuit claims that a new immigrant detention facility is being rushed forward by Republicans on ecologically sensitive and nationally protected lands, without standard environmental reviews.
Some GOP donors whose companies helped build and will assist in running the facility are being given seven-figure sums.
President Trump visited Florida on Tuesday to tour what's been dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," a controversial migrant detention ... than the temporary facility's wind rating is forecasted to impact the area." The project is also opposed by Native American ...
Florida Democrats inspected the "Alligator Alcatraz" immigrant detention center, criticizing the $450 million site as environmental groups file lawsuit over ecological concerns.
The opening of the immigration detention center dubbed Alligator Alcatraz this week in South Florida brought national attention to the state's Attorney General James Uthmeier. Political watchers ...