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Immigration detention center known as 'Alligator Alcatraz' may soon close

WUSF | By Meghan Bowman
Published May 27, 2026 at 3:16 PM CDT

A detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" has become too expensive to maintain and may soon close.

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