The fight over "Alligator Alcatraz," the proposed immigration detention center on an airstrip in the Everglades, is ramping up — with environmental groups taking the state to court as it races to complete the facility.

Environmental activists filed a lawsuit on Friday to stop the construction of a novel detention center for foreign nationals in

Environmental groups sued to stop construction of "Alligator Alcatraz," a migrant site in the Florida Everglades.