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

Environmental groups sued to block the detention center, calling it "not only cruel," but also a threat to the "ecosystem ...

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

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 ...

The Trump administration and Florida leaders are moving forward with a plan to build a detention facility on a remote site in ...

The governor's office announced that the state would use emergency powers to seize land in the Everglades to create an ...

Florida this week started construction on a migrant detention facility the state is billing as “efficient” and “low-cost” – ...

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.