Mike Schneider
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Journalist for Associated Press, covering census, demographics & Florida. Author of "Mickey and the Teamsters." Tips?: [email protected]
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Mike Schneider
@mikeysid.bsky.social
· Sep 4
Appeals court panel stops order to wind down operations at 'Alligator Alcatraz' in Everglades
A federal appeals court panel has put on hold a lower court judge’s order to wind down operations of the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.”
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Mike Schneider
@mikeysid.bsky.social
· Aug 28
Florida taxpayers may lose $218M on empty 'Alligator Alcatraz' as judge orders shutdown
Florida taxpayers could be on the hook for the $218 million cost of converting a training airport in the Everglades into an immigration detention center that may soon be empty of detainees.
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Mike Schneider
@mikeysid.bsky.social
· Aug 27
The Associated Press
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· Aug 27
Top Florida official says 'Alligator Alcatraz' will likely be empty within days, email shows
A top Florida official says the controversial state-run immigration detention facility in the Everglades will likely be empty in a matter of days, even as Republican Gov.
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Mike Schneider
@mikeysid.bsky.social
· Aug 25
Feds fight to keep 'Alligator Alcatraz' open amid legal battle as 3rd challenge is filed
The federal government has asked a Miami judge to pause her order to close an immigration detention center in Florida's Everglades, known as "Alligator Alcatraz."
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Mike Schneider
@mikeysid.bsky.social
· Aug 23
A judge has ordered 'Alligator Alcatraz' in Florida to wind down operations, AP Explains
A federal judge has put a stop to further expansion of the immigration detention center built in the Florida Everglades and dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz," ordering that its operations wind down within t...
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Mike Schneider
@mikeysid.bsky.social
· Aug 22
Florida must stop expanding ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration center, judge says
A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction halting further expansion of an immigration detention center built in the middle of the Florida Everglades and dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” as it win...
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