We will stay on the ground for as long as we’re needed and at the direction of Governor DeSantis,” a spokeswoman said.

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

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 ...

Miami’s city commission voted to postpone municipal elections set for November, giving the mayor and two commissioners ...

Governor Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday, June 26, 2025, plans for a second immigration detention facility at Camp Blanding near Starke in North Florida.The new facility will complement the South ...

Republicans in Florida, backing President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, have begun plans for construction on a new ...

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is racing ahead with construction of a makeshift immigration detention ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday doubled down on his assertion that a temporary detention center being constructed at an ...

At a news conference in Boca Raton on Thursday, he also pushed back against environmentalists and immigration advocates ...

Ron DeSantis said Wednesday that the temporary detention center being constructed at an isolated Everglades airfield will ...

“Alligator Alcatraz” is catchy branding but a misnomer. Unlike the former maximum-security prison on Alcatraz Island in San ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis said he believes people are trying to use the Everglades as a "pretext" for opposing immigration ...