BREAKING NEWS: The state of Florida has been awarded $608 million in reimbursement funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for building and running mass detention centers, including the sprawling facility called “Alligator Alcatraz” in Big Cypress National Preserve in the heart of the Everglades. The information was made public by a WPLG story posted today. Because FEMA funds are being used at the Everglades detention center the facility is legally required to undergo federal environmental review to protect endangered wildlife. “This seems to be the smoking gun proving that our lawsuit challenging Alligator Alcatraz is entirely correct,” said Elise Bennett, Florida and Caribbean director at the Center for Biological Diversity. “This is a federal project being built with federal funds that’s required by federal law to go through a complete environmental review. The Trump administration can’t keep lying through their teeth to the American public at the expense of Florida’s i...