Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration left many local officials in the dark about the immigration detention center that rose from an isolated airstrip in the Everglades,
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Immigrants describe worms in food, fecal flooding at Alligator Everglades detention site
People held at the Alligator Alcatraz immigration detention center in the Everglades say worms turn up in the food, toilets don’t flush, floors flood with
Alligator Alcatraz came together quickly thanks to GOP donors and state’s disaster response
In a matter of days, an isolated training airport in the Everglades where endangered Florida panthers roam became a sprawling immigration detention center christened “Alligator
First detainees arrive at Alligator Alcatraz facility in Everglades
The first group of immigrant detainees has arrived at a new detention center deep in the Florida Everglades that officials have dubbed Alligator Alcatraz, according
Environmental groups sue to block opening of
Environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit Friday to block a migrant detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” now being built on an airstrip in the heart
DeSantis considers second immigrant detention facility in NE Florida, touts Everglades
Florida officials are pursuing plans to build a second detention center to house immigrants, as part of the state’s aggressive push to support the federal
How Florida is building
An immigration detention facility located at an isolated Everglades airfield surrounded by mosquito-, python- and alligator-filled swamplands is just days away from being operational, federal
Federal judge allows lawsuit over
A federal judge has rejected a request by Florida corrections officials to dismiss a potential class-action lawsuit alleging the state has violated inmates’ rights because
Florida to charge would-be Trump assassination suspect Ryan Routh with state-level attempted first-degree murder, terrorism
A man already jailed on federal charges of attempting to assassinate then-presidential candidate President Mr. Trump as he golfed last fall will face additional state
Florida man executed for killings of 8-year-old girl, grandmother
A Florida man who killed an 8-year-old girl and her grandmother on a night in which he drank heavily and used drugs was executed Thursday