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Being Trans Behind Bars in Florida Was Already Hard. Under Trump, It’s Worse.
Trans people in prison are at the front lines of the increased targeting that trans people are facing under Trump.
Trump-Appointed Judges Block Order to Shut Down “Alligator Alcatraz”
Critics slammed the move, calling the jail an environmental threat that “has been functioning as an extrajudicial site.”
Miccosukee Tribe Lawsuit Challenges Environmental Harm at “Alligator Alcatraz”
“It feels like history is slowly not repeating, but echoing,” tribe secretary William “Popeye” Osceola says.
DeSantis Races to Open Immigrant Detention Camp in Swamp Amid Hurricane Season
Even before “Alligator Alcatraz,” Ron DeSantis had defined his political legacy by gleeful cruelty against immigrants.
Indigenous and Green Groups Protest ICE’s “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Everglades
Florida’s attorney general announced that construction of the jail in the Big Cypress National Preserve had begun.
Appellate Court Says Florida’s Drag Show Ban Is Likely Unconstitutional
The law is an “egregiously unconstitutional attempt to censor” free speech, the lawyer for the plaintiffs said.
Group Sues Florida Officials Over Law Targeting Citizen-Led Ballot Initiatives
“We are filing this lawsuit because we refuse to let them silence the people of Florida,” said one plaintiff.
The Kafkaesque Case of Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez Is a Warning to Us All
In a clear case of racial profiling, immigration police in Florida unlawfully arrested and held a US-born citizen.
FL University Aims to Deputize Campus Cops as Immigration Enforcement Agents
Florida Atlantic University’s president was an executive at a for-profit prison group that manages 16 ICE jails.
FL GOP Bill Would Allow Employers to Schedule Child Workers for Overnight Shifts
“This bill is going to lead to exploitation of children,” one critic of the proposal said.