Documents Raise New Concerns Over Alligator Alcatraz’s Air and Climate Pollution

Inside Climate News · By Amy Green · last updated March 6, 2026 – 1:45 PM

The concerns originate in a state-commissioned environmental assessment on the Everglades detention site, which has detained thousands of migrants since opening last summer.

By Amy Green

A state-commissioned environmental assessment on the Everglades migrant detention site known as Alligator Alcatraz, conducted after opponents sued, raises concerns about pollution from the more than 200 generators powering the facility.

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