A South Florida activist whose father was detained at the state-run immigrant detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” confronted Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar over her support of the facility, as a ...

A video shared with the Associated Press overnight on Wednesday shows Florida workers installing a new sign labeled "Alligator Alcatraz" along the only highway leading to the new immigrant detention ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday that the infamous immigrant detention center referred to as "Alligator Alcatraz" is shutting down. GOV. RON DESANTIS: Alligator Alcatraz fulfilled the role that it ...

A report from the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general found that some immigrants detained at the ...

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One year ago, Florida opened a detention facility in the middle of the Everglades that would become one of the most controversial immigration detention camps in the country: Alligator Alcatraz.

The chain-link cages under white industrial tents have been emptied. The guards dismissed. The immigrants transferred out. But even though Alligator Alcatraz’s gates are closed, allegations of ...

'Alligator Alcatraz' permanently shutting down The facility known as "Alligator Alcatraz" first opened last July. It faced major criticism over conditions, environmental concerns, and a high price tag ...

Aerial view of structures including gigantic tents built at Alligator Alcatraz in Ochopee, Florida, on July 4, 2025. Pedro Portal pportal@miamiherald.com Alligator Alcatraz ended the same way it began ...