The Florida immigration detention site dubbed 'Alligator Alcatraz' is being met by opposition from a range of groups ...

"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 ...

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 is just days away from being operational, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Florida is building a detention facility for migrants nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz,” turning an airfield in the Everglades into the newest — and scariest-sounding — holding center ...

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.