It took a catchy name to turn an idea for a migrant detention center into a cult phenomenon. Alligator Alcatraz, the recently and hastily opened site in the Florida Everglades, has gained a starring ...

MIAMI — After a hearing in federal court on Monday in Downtown Miami, civil rights attorneys said there was more clarity about the migrant detainees’ legal recourse while held in Alligator Alcatraz, ...

A federal judge ruled a lawsuit against the Alligator Alley detention center will focus on First Amendment rights. The lawsuit could amend to class-action status, allowing past, present, and future ...

Florida Highway Patrol officials temporarily closed a portion of Interstate 75, also known as Alligator Alley, this week while a massive wildfire continued to burn. While the closure happened once, ...

MIAMI — A lawsuit brought by environmental groups and the Miccosukee tribe challenging construction and operations of an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades wrapped up Wednesday ...

The area around the immigrant detention center, deep in the Everglades, is threatened by a number of environmental hazards like hurricanes, intense heat and even wildfires. By Hiroko Tabuchi and Mira ...

Amnesty International today released a new report documenting cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment at two immigration detention centers in Florida: The Everglades Detention Facility (“Alligator ...