TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Protesters gathered outside of U.S. Representative Laurel Lee’s office on Friday demanding better treatment for Alligator Alcatraz detainees. One family claims their husband and ...
FILE - A protester stands outside the migrant detention dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Facility, July 12, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla. ORLANDO, Fla.— A federal judge ...
The state of Florida could lose $218 million after a judge ordered the closure of Alligator Alcatraz, a detention facility based in the Everglades that was once a training airport. The site was ...
A lower court's order previously blocked use based on environmental concerns. A federal appeals court is allowing the state of Florida to continue operating the controversial immigrant detention ...
Deep in the Everglades, in a patch of swamp surrounded by snakes, alligators and relentless mosquitoes, Florida has opened a makeshift detention center that critics say is unlike anything the country ...
A federal appeals court panel on Thursday put on hold a lower court judge’s order to wind down operations of the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.” The ...
A top Florida official wrote in an email that an immigration detention center in the Everglades may soon house no detainees. By Patricia Mazzei Reporting from Miami The number of people being held at ...
The Florida immigration detention facility known as Alligator Alcatraz can stay open after a federal appeals court put on hold a decision that would have seen much of the facility dismantled. In a 2-1 ...
An appeals panel paused a federal judge’s ruling that no additional detainees could be sent to the center, and that much of it had to be dismantled within 60 days. By Patricia Mazzei Reporting from ...