Critics have condemned the detention facility and what they call the state’s apparent reliance on alligators as a security ...

Florida and federal officials announced the state will build a new immigration detention facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" in the Everglades, and because the facility will be partly funded by the ...

A massive immigrant detention camp nicknamed "Alligator Alcatraz" will open in early July at an abandoned airfield in the ...

"We will stay on the ground for as long as we're needed and at the direction of Governor DeSantis," a spokeswoman said.

The Florida National Guard will deploy about 100 soldiers next week to secure the perimeter and entry points of " Alligator Alcatraz ," the controversial immigration detention center in the Everglades ...

The state says the site will help relieve overcrowded county jails, but environmental advocates and tribal leaders are pushing back.

Florida’s recently appointed attorney general, James Uthmeier, announced that he had a pretty snazzy idea: Build the state’s ...

Called "Alligator Alcatraz" by state officials, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday during a stop in Boca Raton that the facility ...

Florida’s familiar logistics of temporary mass housing is well underway at an old air strip in the Florida Everglades, with ...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has announced a plan to build an immigrant detention center in the heart of the Everglades.

News and The News-Press have a reporter and photographer on site today to talk to protesters and follow the progress of the prison.

Construction is moving rapidly on a controversial migrant detention center deep in the Florida Everglades nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz,” despite growing concerns from Native American tribes who call ...