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Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida

Documents Raise New Concerns Over Alligator Alcatraz’s Air and Climate Pollution

The concerns originate in a state-commissioned environmental assessment on the Everglades detention site, which has detained thousands of migrants since opening last summer.

By Amy Green

 An aerial view of the migrant detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz in Ochopee, Fla. Credit: Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images
A view of the Everglades on Miccosukee land in Florida. Credit: Lisette Morales McCabe/The Washington Post via Getty Images

‘Forever Chemicals’ Represent New Environmental Threat for Florida’s Fragile Everglades

By Amy Green
Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava speaks to the media at the entrance to Alligator Alcatraz on Friday in Ochopee, Fla. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Citing Environmental Concerns, Judge Orders Alligator Alcatraz to Wind Down Operations

By Amy Green
A bus pulls into the entrance to the immigration detention center dubbed Alligator Alcatraz in the Florida Everglades on Aug. 3 in Ochopee, Fla. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Federal Judge Halts New Construction at Alligator Alcatraz

By Amy Green
Betty Osceola, a member of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, walks in the Everglades a few yards from the front entrance to Alligator Alcatraz on July 10. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

To Florida’s Miccosukee Tribe, the Lands Around Alligator Alcatraz Are Sacred, Pythons and All

By Amy Green
Robert Tigertail gives a tour of ancestral territory on the Miccosukee Reservation in the Florida Everglades on June 25, 2023. Credit: Lisette Morales McCabe/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Indigenous Tribes Should Be More Involved in Everglades Restoration, Report Says

By Amy Green
At Raccoon Point, in the Big Cypress National Preserve, oil was detected in 1978. Production began in 1981, and the field was expanded in 1992. Credit: National Parks Conservation Association/LightHawk

Oil Drilling Has Endured in the Everglades for Decades. Now, the Miccosukee Tribe Has a Plan to Stop It

By Amy Green

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