TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit Friday to block a migrant detention center dubbed ...

"Alligator Alcatraz" is the nickname for a planned temporary immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades.

Two environmental groups filed a lawsuit against federal, state and Miami-Dade County officials Friday over the immigration ...

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is getting pushback from environmentalists on his proposal to build a temporary ...

The Trump administration and Florida leaders are moving forward with a plan to build a detention facility on a remote site in ...

An immigration detention facility located at an isolated Everglades airfield is just days away from being operational, ...

Florida this week started construction on a migrant detention facility the state is billing as “efficient” and “low-cost” – ...

The governor’s office said no vegetation will be removed, no paving nor permanent construction. Environmental groups say to ...

The Everglades detention center, which could open in a matter of days, will be one of several new sites in Florida that will house up to 5,000 detainees, according to the Department of Homeland ...

Three hunters captured a massive Burmese python in the Florida Everglades on May 31, 2025. The longest Burmese python ever recorded was 19 feet long, caught in 2023. The heaviest python caught ...