Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said the detention site is expected to open in July in the Everglades. Here's what ...

An immigration detention facility located at an isolated Everglades airfield surrounded by mosquito-, python- and ...

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is getting pushback from environmentalists who say they were "blindsided" by his ...

Called "Alligator Alcatraz" by state officials, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday during a stop in Boca Raton that the facility ...

The governor's office announced that the state would use emergency powers to seize land in the Everglades to create an ...

Florida officials are pursuing plans to build a second detention center to house immigrants, as part of the state’s ...

A plan to turn an old airstrip in the Florida Everglades into a detention center for immigrants who entered the United States ...

Florida and federal officials announced the state will build a new immigration detention facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" in the Everglades, and because the facility will be partly funded by the ...

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, who proposed the idea, said in a Monday interview with conservative commentator ...

"If somebody were to get out, there's nowhere to run, nowhere to hide — only the alligators and pythons are waiting," ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration is officially moving forward with the construction of Alligator Alcatraz to house illegal aliens.

Uthmeier said the detention center could be up and running in 30 to 60 days once construction starts. He compared it to the ...