At a hearing in Miami, U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams issued an order halting any new construction at the facility through Aug. 12, according to the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida.

Florida is planning a second immigration detention center at Camp Blanding, but construction depends on increased federal ...

The state will still be allowed to operate the so-called "Alligator Alcatraz" detention camp but is barred from making any ...

Civil rights lawyers say many migrant detainees in Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz" are being barred from meeting regularly ...

Further construction at the Everglades deportation facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz” must be halted for at least two ...

The ruling is a setback for Trump as he seeks to ramp up deportations of migrants and others living in the U.S. illegally.

Court ruling stops new infrastructure capacity at Florida's Alligator Alcatraz detention facility but permits continued ...

More than a month after Florida opened “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Everglades, the state and ICE signed an updated agreement ...

On Thursday, a federal judge halted construction for two weeks at Alligator Alcatraz, the mass migrant detention center near ...

Alligator Alcatraz, a migrant detention center in the Florida Everglades, is surrounded by swamps infested with dangerous alligators and pythons.

President Donald Trump to head to Florida for opening of "Alligator Alcatraz" detention facility in the Everglades, supported by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis but opposed by environmentalists and critics.

Artificial light in a world-renowned “dark sky” preserve is just one of the environmental and human health concerns surrounding the facility.