Is Alligator Alcatraz winding down, closing? Florida U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost visited the immigrant detention center May 26.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says the immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” always was meant to be temporary.

Florida's Alligator Alcatraz ICE holding facility will shut down as permanent detention sites open, with the state citing massive operational costs.

The lawsuit arrives even as reports from vendors suggested the site could close in June.

Alligator Alcatraz” is slowly closing shop, flying detainees to other facilities, and emptying office cubicles, according to ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis has no doubt the Federal Emergency Management Administration will continue to pay Florida back for housing suspected illegal immigrants at Alligator Alcatraz. We ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis denied a definitive wind-down of the 'Alligator Alcatraz' immigrant detention center, but feds are evaluating it.

The Trump administration has paid Florida $58 million for operating the Everglades immigrant detention center called “Alligator Alcatraz,” the first of promised federal reimbursements set to flow ...

TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Gov. Ron DeSantis acknowledged Thursday that Florida may soon shutter “Alligator Alcatraz,” the immigration detention center built in the middle of the Everglades that had been ...

State leaders are addressing the rumored June closure of the Everglades Detention Facility, known as "Alligator Alcatraz," ...

Alligator Alcatraz, the controversial detention center constructed in 2025 in the Florida Everglades, could be on the verge of closing. Officials affiliated with the center notifi ...

OCHOPEE, Fla. – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday that the immigration detention center known as “ Alligator Alcatraz ” always was meant to be temporary. His comments came on the same day that ...