Alex Harris
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climate change & hurricanes @MiamiHerald. co-creator of #SmokedPodcast. Florida native (@UF & @theAlligator)
Miami, FL
Joined September 2012
BREAKING NEWS: Alligator Alcatraz revival: appeals court pauses order shuttering detention camp https://t.co/KSNJmhRutJ
miamiherald.com
Thursday’s ruling allows the Trump administration to send new detainees to the facility.
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Top Florida official: 'Alligator Alcatraz' Detention Center to be empty within days | AP News
apnews.com
A top Florida official says the controversial state-run immigration detention facility in the Everglades will likely be empty in a matter of days, even as Republican Gov.
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FEMA is hiring again after a seven-month freeze but worries remain about its ability to staff hurricane response; meanwhile Tropical Storm Erin is likely to hit hurricane status by Friday - @harrisalexc and I look at the agency as hurricane season heats up
miamiherald.com
Staffing shortages, bureaucratic red tape lead to worries about agency’s ability to respond to a hurricane
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NEW: Federal judge halts construction at Alligator Alcatraz for two weeks https://t.co/l3lDLq9F0Q by @SienaDuncan
miamiherald.com
Judge Kathleen Williams issued a temporary restraining order due to environmental concerns.
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As the Atlantic awakens with an increasing amount of tropical activity, now is a great time to share another important #PSA to get your weather information from reliable sources. Hurricane season is a marathon, not a sprint! Quiet the hype, remain informed and stay prepared.
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Read the whole story here, which includes quotes from Guthrie about how the state is considering evacuation options for detainees, which the new redacted report contains no additional non-redacted details on: https://t.co/Rn8DYGF0wy
amp.miamiherald.com
‘I promise you that the hurricane guys have got the hurricane stuff covered.’
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For those that didn’t read my story, here’s the direct quote from @FLSERT spokesperson for @KevinGuthrieFL when I asked for the state hurricane plan. Today, the day after my story published, Florida released a heavily redacted draft version of a disaster plan.
🚨 WRONG AGAIN! The Miami Herald reports FAKE NEWS that @GovRonDeSantis, @KevinGuthrieFL and @FLSERT have no "formal hurricane plan" for Alligator Alcatraz. Here it is. "South Florida Detention Facility Continuity of Operations Plan" "This plan provides a summary of necessary
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After weeks of requests from politicians and media, the state of Florida said it has no formal, completed plan for how to handle a hurricane at Alligator Alcatraz, the new immigrant detention site in the heart of the Everglades. https://t.co/0vek9AjWPF by @harrisalexc
miamiherald.com
‘I promise you that the hurricane guys have got the hurricane stuff covered.’
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With the peak of hurricane season only days away, Gov. Ron DeSantis defended his administration’s lack of a public hurricane evacuation plan for Alligator Alcatraz, the immigrant detention facility in the heart of the Everglades. https://t.co/KEJKH83TPG by @harrisalexc
miamiherald.com
‘I promise you that the hurricane guys have got the hurricane stuff covered.’
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As the scientific tide starts to turn on coral restoration via regrowing fragments of fast-growing corals, a new idea is starting to gain traction -- crossbreeding corals with their stronger neighbors in the Caribbean. My latest on 'assisted gene flow'
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The state of Florida recently approved a first-in-the-world scientific approach to rescuing our dying corals -- allowing crossbred Florida x Honduran corals to be planted off Key Biscayne. Scientists say it could be the best bet to rescue at least some reefs from climate change
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Incredible, crushing, heart-wrenching writing from @FreshParsley. Every tragedy is so much more intense than any of us could ever know, unless we lived through it. https://t.co/zMOhSO5xUY
texasmonthly.com
The July 4 Texas flooding ripped our Kerr County home from its pillars, pulling us into the water and into the night. Then morning came.
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NEW: The calls from Alligator Alcatraz’s first detainees brought distressing news: Toilets that didn’t flush. Temperatures went from freezing to sweltering. A hospitalization. And little or no access to showers, much less confidential calls w/ attorneys. https://t.co/2nVO15gSc2
miamiherald.com
Concerns about conditions for detainees were heightened when one was rushed out of the detention center Monday in an ambulance.
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Gov. DeSantis signs Senate Bill 180, which could have crushing effects for local government decision-making power over development, environment & other issues.
Unfortunately, yesterday, without the usual photo ops and fanfare, the Governor signed the destructive #SB180 into law. What was otherwise a very solid bill to manage post-storm emergencies was hijacked as a trojan horse to carry this terrible language pushed by a single
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Breaking: Canadian man awaiting deportation dies at detention facility in downtown Miami https://t.co/EGinQBjaLf
miamiherald.com
The cause of death for the 49-year-old man is still under official investigation.
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Governor says the detention facility “will have zero impact on the Everglades.”
Tonight, I joined Laura Ingraham to discuss Florida's Alligator Alcatraz facility, which will be a force multiplier to stage criminal illegal aliens for federal deportation.
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Agents used a foster kid as bait to locate the child's parents. It's one example of how the Trump administration’s deportation campaign is encircling vulnerable children and squeezing the agencies tasked with caring for them. w/ @anaceballos_ @syraob
https://t.co/dCjv9kEcMO
miamiherald.com
Child welfare providers, jarred by the state’s decision to turn over a teen in foster care to ICE, have sought guidance from the DeSantis administration.
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How @GovRonDeSantis used his emergency orders on immigration during the Biden admin to seize Miami-Dade govt land over the weekend for a deportation detainment camp in the Everglades. @anaceballos_ @syraob @harrisalexc
miamiherald.com
The detention center represents a new, expanded front in the harsh optics deployed to dissuade migrants from entering the United States.
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This March memo suggests stopping all new enrollments in the NFIP. That would grind the real estate market in Florida to a near halt. No flood insurance means no mortgage in flood zones
SCOOP by @Zhirji28 w/@laurenthal & me In a newly revealed March memo, titled "Abolishing FEMA," officials proposed ways to dramatically curtail the US government’s disaster response role. Also the memo proposed four possible new names for FEMA, which inlcuded the National
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Fascinating story from @annamphillips about the clash between government buyouts vs small towns that can’t afford to let people go. Makes me wonder what that will look like in some rural, riverfront Florida communities. Or maybe even the Keys one day? https://t.co/yPnKGxgWue
washingtonpost.com
Floodplain buyouts can reduce the financial toll of future disasters. But some small towns losing property and people are now saying no.
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