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

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

Alligator Alcatraz’ was just the beginning; now there’s a second site in the works to hold undocumented immigrants. Governor ...

What has been dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” the state-built migrant processing center in the Everglades, seems to be almost complete.

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

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

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 ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday doubled down on his assertion that a temporary detention center being constructed at an ...

“Alligator Alcatraz” is catchy branding but a misnomer. Unlike the former maximum-security prison on Alcatraz Island in San ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis said he believes people are trying to use the Everglades as a "pretext" for opposing immigration ...

Alligators are vital to Florida's Everglades ecosystem. They create habitats and maintain water quality. These apex predators control prey populations, indicating a healthy environment. The ...