Environmental groups sue to block 'Alligator Alcatraz'

A coalition of environmental groups on Friday sued over the Trump administration's plans to build a detention center in the Everglades that critics have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.”

The suit seeks to block the Trump administration from building the new facility on a Florida airfield, the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport (TNT) near Big Cypress National Preserve. 

“This massive detention center will blight one of the most iconic ecosystems in the world,” said Elise Bennett...