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Environmental group drops ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ pollution suit after it shuts down

Because the nation’s first state-run migrant detention center is fully closed, the environmental nonprofit says, its goal has been accomplished

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state operators of the “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration lockup for alleged pollution of the Florida Everglades has withdrawn its case, the Center for Biological Diversity announced Monday. Because the nation’s first state-run migrant detention center is fully closed, the environmental nonprofit says, its goal has been accomplished and there’s no […]

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