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

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 ...

A fresh round of infighting erupted among Democratic officials, donors, and political operatives on Wednesday, a day after ...

Republicans in Florida, backing President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, have begun plans for construction on a new ...

Ron DeSantis said Wednesday that the temporary detention center being constructed at an isolated Everglades airfield will ...

“Alligator Alcatraz” is catchy branding but a misnomer. Unlike the former maximum-security prison on Alcatraz Island in San ...

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is getting pushback from environmentalists who say they were "blindsided" by his proposal to build a temporary migrant detention center in the heart of the ...

News and The News-Press have a reporter and photographer on site today to talk to protesters and follow the progress of the prison.

Florida’s recently appointed attorney general, James Uthmeier, announced that he had a pretty snazzy idea: Build the state’s ...

WASHINGTON—Picking up on a statement issued by Chairwoman Nikki Fried, Florida Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday slammed the ...

Florida officials are pursuing plans to build a second detention center to house immigrants, as part of the state’s ...