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
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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
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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
“El Chapo” and Miami con man James Sabatino should be allowed recreation time together, court filing says
They are an unlikely duo. One is the world’s biggest drug trafficker and former head of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel who federal authorities allege is responsible
Florida man convicted in 1993 murder of woman, granddaughter set to be executed
CBS News Miami Live A Florida man convicted of murdering a woman and raping and killing her 8-year-old-granddaughter in Seminole County in 1993 is set
Florida man executed for 1997 killing of couple whose toddler daughter witnessed the attack
A Florida man convicted of killing a husband and wife at a remote farm as the couple’s toddler looked on was put to death Thursday