Potential effects include increased light and air pollution, habitat degradation for endangered species such as the Florida panther, and waste spills.

Alligator Alcatraz has triggered pride in the MAGA world, and fury in an unlikely bipartisan mix of South Floridians. Decades ...

Democratic lawmakers are condemning Florida’s new Everglades immigration detention center after making a state-arranged visit ...

Since Alligator Alcatraz, a detention facility nestled deep in the Florida Everglades, was proposed in June, it has sparked a ...

The remote facility in the Florida Everglades is expected to cost the state about $450 million annually to operate.

Five Florida state lawmakers who were denied access to a new immigration detention center in the Everglades are suing Gov.

Ron DeSantis' ambitious plans for a massive detention facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" in the Florida Everglades have ...

Florida Democrat Rep. Angie Nixon visited “Alligator Alcatraz,” a new detention center in Florida built to house migrants, during a tour closed to the media. The congresswoman detailed to CNN’s Victor ...

Republican states are considering building versions of Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz," a detention facility for illegal ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis is pushing back on a new lawsuit filed this week by Florida Democrats related to the recent opening and conditions at "Alligator Alcatraz." ...

Five Democratic lawmakers turned away from Alligator Alcatraz last week are asking the Florida Supreme Court to force the ...

The legal challenge comes as the state prepares to host a Saturday tour of the facility for state and federal lawmakers.