A coalition of groups, ranging from environmental activists to Native Americans advocating for their ancestral homelands, ...

The image depicted the security of "Alligator Alcatraz," which has become a flashpoint in the immigration debate.

"Alligator Alcatraz" is the nickname for a planned temporary immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is getting pushback from environmentalists on his proposal to build a temporary ...

The governor's office announced that the state would use emergency powers to seize land in the Everglades to create an ...

The Trump administration and Florida leaders are moving forward with a plan to build a detention facility on a remote site in ...

An immigration detention facility located at an isolated Everglades airfield is just days away from being operational, ...

Many are rejecting the idea, citing environmental concerns — including Executive Director of Friends of the Everglades, Eve ...

This scheme is not only cruel, it threatens the Everglades ecosystem that state and federal taxpayers have spent billions to protect,” said Eve Samples, Executive Director of Friends of the Everglades ...

Florida builds ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ for migrant detainees in Everglades “Alligator Alcatraz” is expected to house up to 1,000 immigrants. Updated June 24, 2025.

"Alligator Alcatraz" is the nickname for a planned temporary immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades. The site is what Uthmeier called the "virtually abandoned" Miami-Dade Collier ...