Florida’s recently appointed attorney general, James Uthmeier, announced that he had a pretty snazzy idea: Build the state’s ...

Critics have condemned the facility and what they call the state's apparent reliance on alligators as a security measure as a ...

The move marks a return home for Estenoz, a fifth-generation Florida native who worked for the foundation prior to her ...

A massive immigrant detention camp nicknamed "Alligator Alcatraz" will open in early July at an abandoned airfield in the ...

Ron DeSantis said Wednesday that the temporary detention center being constructed at an isolated Everglades airfield will ...

Florida and federal officials announced the state will build a new immigration detention facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" in the Everglades, and because the facility will be partly funded by the ...

We will stay on the ground for as long as we’re needed and at the direction of Governor DeSantis,” a spokeswoman said.

The state says the site will help relieve overcrowded county jails, but environmental advocates and tribal leaders are pushing back.

Called "Alligator Alcatraz" by state officials, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday during a stop in Boca Raton that the facility ...

Alligator Alcatraz’ was just the beginning; now there’s a second site in the works to hold undocumented immigrants. Governor ...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has announced a plan to build an immigrant detention center in the heart of the Everglades.