Companies hired by the state to operate the Florida immigration facility known as "Alligator Alcatraz" were notified Monday morning to begin "full demobilization" of the facility, ...
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A top Florida official says the controversial state-run immigration detention facility in the Everglades will likely be empty in a matter of days, even as Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration ...
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Alligator Alcatraz closed: Florida Gov. DeSantis declares mission complete, coalition demands cleanup
Governor Ron DeSantis announced Thursday that the temporary immigrant detention center in the Everglades, widely known as ...
Two separate lawsuits over “Alligator Alcatraz” could ensure detainees have proper access to their legal counsel or shut down operations at the controversial makeshift immigrant detention center in ...
More than 22,000 people were processed and staged for deportation since the site opened in July 2025, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said every person held at Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz immigration detention facility has been issued a final order saying they must be deported. With the conditions of his ...
A Florida-run detention facility built in just over a week on a remote airstrip in the Everglades—and designed to hold thousands of immigrants—has been described as “vile” and inhumane by critics, but ...
Alligator Alcatraz, the controversial detention center constructed in 2025 in the Florida Everglades, could be on the verge of closing. Operating costs for the facility have escalated, with Florida ...
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