A coalition of groups, ranging from environmental activists to Native Americans advocating for their ancestral homelands, ...

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

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

Two environmental groups filed a lawsuit against federal, state and Miami-Dade County officials Friday over the immigration ...

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is getting pushback from environmentalists on his proposal to build a temporary ...

An immigration detention facility located at an isolated Everglades airfield surrounded by mosquito-, python- and ...

Florida's attorney general says the facility is on track to open in early July, at a little-used airfield in the Everglades. Environmental activists hope they can repeat history and stop the project.

Protesters oppose the construction of 'Alligator Alcatraz,' an immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades.

The Everglades detention center, which could open in a matter of days, will be one of several new sites in Florida that will house up to 5,000 detainees, according to the Department of Homeland ...

A coalition of environmental groups filed a lawsuit Friday to prevent the federal government from opening a migrant detention center at an airstrip Florida's Big Cypress National Preserve. The ...

Florida to detain migrants in new Everglades facility dubbed ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ By . Karina Tsui, Isabel Rosales. Updated Jun 24, 2025, 8:44 PM ET. PUBLISHED Jun 24, 2025, 5:19 AM ET.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis plans to establish "Alligator Alcatraz," an immigrant detention facility at a remote Everglades airstrip. The state is using emergency powers to seize the land from ...