Newsweek spoke with the attorney of a detainee and the friend of another. Both described harrowing conditions at the remote ...

“Two of our fellow citizens are detained in the Alligator Alcatraz migrant center in inhumane conditions: locked in cages, without access to a lawyer, deprived of dignity, water, and decent food. Is ...

But data and news reports about the first month’s arrivals show the majority of Alligator Alcatraz’s detainees do not have U.S. criminal convictions.  President Donald Trump, federal officials and ...

Just as you may have thought that it was finally safe to think about American politics without thinking about Florida's Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, he has slinked his way into the national news ...

James Uthmeier is Florida's Attorney General and has deepened the controversy surrounding Donald Trump's immigration policies. He publicly invited ex-partners ...

“Alligator Alcatraz” is the insulting name Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has given the inhumane detention center he has erected ...

Explore the disturbing realities of Alligator Alcatraz, a new detention facility in the Florida Everglades for migrants.

"This is an existing airstrip that is already built and paved," the office of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis told Newsweek.

Attorneys say armed guards, insufficient phone accessibility and “abysmal conditions” violate the due process rights of those ...

Archbishop Wenski criticizes the "Alligator Alcatraz" detention center and decries the Trump administration's deportation ...

Trump campaigned on several promises to tackle illegal immigration but faces a shortage of detention beds. The One Big Beautiful Bill, Trump’s tax and spending plan, passed the Senate during his ...

Opinion: With ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ Trump and DeSantis define their immigration policy as a tragic farce. By Michael Hiltzik. Published: July 7, 2025.