TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Governor Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday, June 26, 2025, plans for a second immigration detention ...

At a news conference in Boca Raton on Thursday, he also pushed back against environmentalists and immigration advocates ...

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

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

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

What has been dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” the state-built migrant processing center in the Everglades, seems to be almost complete.

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

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

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 ...

However, the big story in local politics this week was the stunning victory of Zohran Mamdani in the Democratic mayoral ...

Miami’s city commission voted to postpone municipal elections set for November, giving the mayor and two commissioners ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis was at Florida Atlantic University to announce another initiative to revamp higher education processes in the state.