Center For Biological Diversity: Ending the Harms of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

We’ve reached a huge milestone in our fight against the mass detention center in the heart of the Everglades: ICE announced it has removed all detainees from the cruelly named “Alligator Alcatraz,” and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis confirmed it’s closing. For a year the Center for Biological Diversity has fought to shut down this facility as officials tried to bulldoze environmental laws protecting the Everglades and endangered species like Florida panthers and Florida bonneted bats. “Finally it looks like ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ is meeting its end,” said the Center’s Elise Bennett. “But the Trump and DeSantis administrations have shown we can’t trust them with Big Cypress’ future. So we’ll keep fighting till panthers can return and bonneted bats can reclaim the star-spangled skies.”