Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier proposed the use of the facilities at a meeting with federal officials earlier this month. Shortly after that, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ...

Florida Senate Minority Leader Lori Berman is demanding Florida Attorney James Uthmeier respond to a range of questions she raises about the state’s “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration detention center ...

Several hundred demonstrators protested plans for an immigration detention center, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," that is being ...

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A seemingly non-stop stream of dump trucks and semi rigs entering the grounds of what's now been dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" ...

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At the direction of Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida is quickly constructing a $450 million-a-year immigration detention center, ...

Federal and state officials’ swift plan to build an immigration detention facility in the heart of Florida’s Everglades has ...

Environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit Friday to block a migrant detention center being built on an airstrip in the ...

Florida's attorney general says the migrant detention facility is on track to open in early July, at a little-used airfield ...

"Alligator Alcatraz" is the nickname for a planned temporary immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades.