Challenging “Alligator Alcatraz”: The Legal Fight to Protect the Everglades with Elise Bennett

Challenging “Alligator Alcatraz”: The Legal Fight to Protect the Everglades with Elise Bennett

July 25, 2025 · 55 min

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Mariann Sullivan speaks with Elise Bennett about the legal fight against an immigration detention facility in the Everglades and its environmental implications.

In this compelling episode, Mariann Sullivan speaks with Elise Bennett, Senior Attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity, about the lawsuit challenging the controversial immigration detention facility in Florida’s Everglades. Bennett details how this hastily constructed center in Big Cypress National Preserve threatens endangered species, water quality, and the integrity of a crucial ecosystem that has received billions in restoration funding…

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