Columnist Pat Beall writes about a horror movie come to life: the story of “Alligator Alcatraz,” the slapped-together ...

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

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 ...

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

The state says the site will help relieve overcrowded county jails, but environmental advocates and tribal leaders are pushing back.

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

Environmental groups and the Miccosukee Indian Tribe are protesting a new ICE detention center being built in the Florida ...

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

Senate Minority Leader Lori Berman will hold a press conference on Friday, airing questions the minority caucus holds about ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will be holding a news conference in Boca Raton on Thursday. The governor will be speaking from Florida Atlantic University’s Schmidt Family Complex for Academic and Athletic ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis said he believes people are trying to use the Everglades as a "pretext" for opposing immigration ...

Florida and federal officials announced the state will build a new immigration detention facility dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Everglades – an area of wetlands in the south of the state. Because ...