The recently built Florida immigration detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz" is located within the Everglades region. The Everglades, however, is such a large region that it covers from ...

'Everglades catastrophe unfolding before our eyes' say environmental groups about Alligator Alcatraz WLRN Public Media | By Sergio R. Bustos Published July 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM EDT Rebecca Blackwell ...

On June 30, 2025, right-wing influencer Laura Loomer made two X posts suggesting detainees at Florida’s new "Alligator Alcatraz" immigration detention center would be fed to alligators.

Workers install a permanent Alligator Alcatraz sign. The facility is within the Florida Everglades, 36 miles west of the central business district of Miami, in Collier County, Florida. , Florida ...

An immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed by officials as "Alligator Alcatraz" is expected to be hit by lightning and heavy winds on Sunday, the National Weather Service said.

AUSTIN, Texas — U.S. Sen. John Cornyn says he wants to see a facility like “Alligator Alcatraz” in Texas. Cornyn made the comments in reference to a new immigration detention center in the ...

A federal judge will dust for Trump administration fingerprints this week on Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center that critics say has spoiled a remote stretch of the Everglades ...

MIAMI — A state-run detention facility for migrants has opened in the Florida Everglades. Alligator Alcatraz — that is the official name — was assembled in eight days and opened ...

AUSTIN, Texas — U.S. Sen. John Cornyn says he wants to see a facility like “Alligator Alcatraz” in Texas. Cornyn made the comments in reference to a new immigration detention center in the ...