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“Alligator Alcatraz” May Close After Months of Tribal Resistance in the Everglades

The controversial immigration detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” could soon shut down — a dramatic reversal following months of resistance led by the Miccosukee Tribe, Native advocates, and environmental groups who warned the facility never should have been built on Indigenous homelands in the Florida Everglades. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis acknowledged this week that state…