Environment group drops Alligator Alcatraz suit as facility equipment is dismantled
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The lawsuit from May, argued the Florida Division of Emergency Management violated the federal Clean Air Act by failing to get air quality permits for the facility.
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“Alligator Alcatraz,” the remote Florida immigration detention center that faced harsh criticism for its conditions, is gone after Gov. Ron DeSantis said the facility has shut down last month. Aerial footage on Tuesday showed the site of the facility in the Everglades empty.
An environmental group seeking to punish state operators of the “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration lockup for alleged pollution of the Florida Everglades has withdrawn its case, the Center for Biological Diversity announced Monday.
The lawsuit from May, argued the Florida Division of Emergency Management violated the federal Clean Air Act by failing to get air quality permits for the facility.
An environmental group seeking to punish state operators of the “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration lockup for alleged pollution of the Florida Everglades has withdrawn its case, the Center for Biological Diversity announced Monday.
The state of Florida has closed its “Alligator Alcatraz” immigrant detention center roughly a year after it opened with more than $1 billion in taxpayer funds. The Everglades facility erected on a former airstrip became notorious for its harsh mistreatment...
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