Jackie Llanos
@LlanosJackie
Covering Florida politics and policy (mostly relating to immigration) for @FLPhoenixNews with @statesnewsroom | Roll ‘ders 🕷️
Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez has been released. This is the moment he reunited with his mom.
Gov. Ron DeSantis this week has been promoting his commitment to Everglades restoration amid the backlash and legal challenges to his construction of an immigrant detention center on an airstrip in the wetland ecosystem. floridaphoenix.com/2025/07/18/des…
Florida Quietly Hid Contracts Detailing DeSantis’ $225 Million Spending Spree on Everglades Detention Center notus.org/florida/desant…
NEW: Alligator Alcatraz isn’t meant for minors. A 15 year old ended up there anyway. State and federal officials initially deflected questions about the boy being held at the facility, but eventually acknowledged he had been there. w @clurhealy miamiherald.com/news/politics-…
U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams is now presiding over the suit to halt Florida's detention center in the Everglades. The previous judge recused himself today. This means Williams could order a stop to the detention center that AG Uthmeier has been at the forefront of.
U.S. judge Kathleen Williams finds AG James Uthmeier in contempt of court after he disobeyed her court order blocking a new state immigration law. She quotes Humpty Dumpty.
The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida asked Monday to join a lawsuit to stop the further construction and operation of the state-run immigrant detention center in the Everglades. floridaphoenix.com/2025/07/15/mic…
NEW: The @MiamiHerald obtained records that give insight into who is being held at the Alligator Alcatraz. A list of roughly 750 names marks about: ◾️250 with immigration violations ◾️260 with pending criminal charges ◾️240 with criminal convictions miamiherald.com/news/local/imm…
Miami Republican Sen. Ileana Garcia is one of the state lawmakers who plans to tour the immigrant detention center in the Everglades this Saturday. "I've come across some complaints in the media that I'd like to investigate for myself," she told me via text.
Florida is moving to solidify its renaming of the training airport where the detention center in the Everglades is located to “Alligator Alcatraz.” But immigrant and environmental advocates and indigenous leaders have criticized the name. floridaphoenix.com/2025/07/03/pus…
A good lil storm passed over us here at 'Alligator Alcatraz.’ Here's what it looks & sounds like inside one of these tents. The state says the sites here are rated to withstand a category two hurricane (~120mph winds).
Trump urged additional states to build immigrant detention centers following his tour Tuesday of the 3,000-capacity tent and trailer Everglades facility the DeSantis administration built in eight days. floridaphoenix.com/2025/07/01/tru…
