Potential effects include increased light and air pollution, habitat degradation for endangered species such as the Florida panther, and waste spills.

Alligator Alcatraz has triggered pride in the MAGA world, and fury in an unlikely bipartisan mix of South Floridians. Decades ...

Since Alligator Alcatraz, a detention facility nestled deep in the Florida Everglades, was proposed in June, it has sparked a ...

Democratic lawmakers are condemning Florida’s new Everglades immigration detention center after making a state-arranged visit ...

The remote facility in the Florida Everglades is expected to cost the state about $450 million annually to operate.

Five Florida state lawmakers who were denied access to a new immigration detention center in the Everglades are suing Gov.

The state is inviting lawmakers to visit the migrant detention center, but turned away lawmakers who showed up unannounced.

Ron DeSantis' ambitious plans for a massive detention facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" in the Florida Everglades have ...

Republican states are considering building versions of Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz," a detention facility for illegal ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis is pushing back on a new lawsuit filed this week by Florida Democrats related to the recent opening and conditions at "Alligator Alcatraz." ...

The legal challenge comes as the state prepares to host a Saturday tour of the facility for state and federal lawmakers.