The Florida governor relied on an executive order to seize the land, hire contractors, and bypass laws and regulations.

New Facility Faces Unsubstantiated Claims from Democrats While Republicans Laud Orderly Operations Florida's new migrant detention center, derisively nicknamed "Alligator Alcatraz," is currently ...

Pam Bondi said the island prison is a "fantastic" facility because "no one has been known to escape from Alcatraz and survive ...

The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida is seeking to join a federal lawsuit aimed at halting the construction and operation of a new immigration detention facility in the Everglades.

ICE detention standards are difficult to enforce because they aren’t written into law. Rather than follow a uniform standard, ...

Trump administration officials want “Alligator Alcatraz” to be a blueprint, but Democrats are pushing back on expansion ...

The tents, beds and pens have been erected in the Florida Everglades, and hundreds of migrants have been shipped to the detention facility the state is calling Alligator Alcatraz. Now what?

Several immigrant detainees described high tension and anxiety at the remote, hastily constructed facility over a lack of ...

The state of Florida has opened a migrant detention center in the Everglades. Its official name is Alligator Alcatraz, a ...

Protesters lined the streets on Saturday as lawmakers from both sides of the aisle arrived at the immigration detention facility.