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Conservation groups sued state and federal officials over construction of the migrant detention center last month, citing the ...

As they continue to fight a legal effort by environmental groups to block an immigrant-detention center in the Everglades, ...

The lawsuit claims construction of the center violates a federal law requiring analysis of potential environmental harms ...

Florida’s top emergency official asked a federal judge on Monday to resist a request by environmentalists to halt an ...

U.S. District Judge Kathleen M. Williams declined a request from environmental groups to immediately block activities at the immigration detention center in ...

Florida's top emergency official asked a federal judge on Monday to resist a request by environmentalists to halt an ...

Florida’s top emergency official asked a federal judge on Monday to resist a request by environmentalists to halt an ...

Environmental groups are pushing back against Trump administration arguments seeking to distance the federal government from responsibility for the Alligator Alcatraz detention center.