Climate Change
In Florida, Alligator Alcatraz Remains Open Among Sacred Miccosukee Lands
An appeals court ruled the migrant detention site may continue operating in the fragile Everglades, while litigation over the environmental impacts proceeds.
Every spring Florida’s Miccosukee Tribe observes its corn dance season on lands the tribe holds as sacred within the fragile Everglades. But this year’s festivities are different, because of the migrant detention site that now looms among the tribal lands, Alligator Alcatraz.
In Florida, Alligator Alcatraz Remains Open Among Sacred Miccosukee Lands