The lawsuit arrives even as reports from vendors suggested the site could close in June.

The national non-profit filed a lawsuit against the Florida Division of Emergency Management over "substantial, unpermitted ...

The Center for Biological Diversity sued the state of Florida today to protect the Florida Everglades from dangerous air pollution released by the massive immigrant detention facility in Big Cypress ...

A Florida lawmaker is demanding answers after a visit to "Alligator Alcatraz" claiming there are mixed signals from Gov. Ron DeSantis and the federal government about shutting down the controversial ...

As the state awaits federal reimbursement for the project, one environmental organization suing to close the facility claims the state sought far more federal money than previously disclosed.

TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis rolled out the state-run immigrant detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” last July with all the spectacle of a presidential campaign stop. But less than a year ...

Alligator Alcatraz, the controversial detention center constructed in 2025 in the Florida Everglades, could be on the verge of closing. Officials affiliated with the center notifi ...

Immigration lawyers and advocates say detainees at Alligator Alcatraz are being moved unusually fast to other locations amid ...

An overhead view of Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration detention camp in the Everglades, on March 4, 2026. Carl Juste cjuste@miamiherald.com A federal appeals court on Tuesday overturned a ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was trying to spin the news that he might have to close Alligator Alcatraz, his fetid, jerry-built concentration camp in the Everglades.

State officials told vendors at the facility to prepare for a breakdown of the tented camp beginning next month ...