News

Detention center driving out wildlife, damaging Everglades, critics contend
The sales pitch for erecting a detention center for detainees in the heart of the Everglades is the swamp and creatures ...
Everglades Alcatraz rose without a review or citizen input. Nonprofits are fighting back
Truck traffic, blazing lights, sewage: 55 years later, Alligator Alcatraz steamrolls Marjory Stoneman Douglas-led effort to ...
WDSU43m
First immigration detainees arrive at 'Alligator Alcatraz' center in Florida Everglades
The first group of immigrants has arrived at a new detention center deep in the Florida Everglades that officials have ...
WPLG Local 101h
New signs, growing concerns as ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ takes shape in Everglades
As the first wave of migrant detainees prepares to arrive, Florida officials are finalizing construction on what critics are ...
Protesters gather outside ICE facility in Everglades
As an immigrant detention facility, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," opens in the Florida Everglades, protesters in support, and ...
President & governor tour new Everglades ICE facility as details emerge about Camp Blanding plan
President Donald Trump, Governor Ron DeSantis, and other state and federal officials descended on the Everglades Tuesday to ...