Author: MIKE SCHNEIDER, Associated Press

Officials withheld evidence on Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ funding, environmental groups say

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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Federal and state officials withheld evidence that the Department of Homeland Security had agreed to reimburse Florida for some of the costs of constructing an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alliga…

Florida updated agreement on handling detainees at ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ but a month after it opened

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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — More than a month after Florida opened “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Everglades, the state and ICE signed an updated agreement spelling out how state corrections officials should handle federal immigration detainees at non-correctional facilities. The addendum signed this week updated a 2020 agreement between the Florida Department of Corrections and U.S. […]