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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 ...
A proposed immigrant detention center in the Everglades dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" is drawing criticism for its potential ...
Here is a brief history of the land where Florida officials and the federal government are building "Alligator Alcatraz." ...
The Trump administration and Florida leaders are moving forward with a plan to build a detention facility on a remote site in ...
An immigration detention facility located at an isolated Everglades airfield surrounded by mosquito-, python- and ...
Florida officials are pursuing plans to build a second detention center to house immigrants, as part of the state’s ...
The detention facility, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” due to its location, was spearheaded by Florida Attorney General James ...
"We will stay on the ground for as long as we're needed and at the direction of Governor DeSantis," a spokeswoman said.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said the detention site is expected to open in July in the Everglades. Here's what ...
Governor Ron DeSantis​ pushed back against those concerns Wednesday, insisting the facility will have no long-term impact.