Florida will shutter its controversial “Alligator Alcatraz” migrant detention facility by June, The New York Times and CNN ...

The closure comes amid escalating operating costs for the facility, which are now estimated to total nearly $1 billion.

Those hired to operate the ICE detention center in the Florida Everglades — known as “Alligator Alcatraz” — were told the ...

The Department of Homeland Security has determined the state-run immigration detention facility is too expensive, and some ...

As the state awaits federal reimbursement for the project, one environmental organization suing to close the facility claims ...

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin confirmed to CBS News Wednesday that the federal government has no immediate ...

Central Florida lawmakers react to reports Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' could be shutting down ...

Companies hired by the state of Florida to operate “Alligator Alcatraz” were told Tuesday that the facility in the Everglades ...

Officials at the Everglades migrant detention facility told vendors this week the site would close as soon as early June.

By Daphne Psaledakis and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuters) - Florida intends to shut down the controversial federal ...