Another family of a migrant is denouncing conditions of lack of water, freezing cold tents and atrocious mosquitoes at the so-called “Alligator Alcatraz.” ...

“Alligator Alcatraz” is expected to cost $450 million to operate for a single year, according to one DHS official who told CNN Florida will front the costs of the facility and then “submit ...

Florida officials raced to erect the compound of heavy-duty tents, trailers and temporary buildings in eight days, as part of the state’s muscular efforts to help carry out Trump’s immigration ...

People demonstrate outside the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in Ochopee, Florida, in a rally against the state's forthcoming "Alligator Alcatraz" ICE detention center. on June 28, 2025.

Alligator Alcatraz, the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, had a special visitor July 1 − President Donald Trump. It marked the first visit back to his home state in two months.

Overall, since Inauguration Day, Trump has visited Florida 11 times, with 10 trips to his home and private club, Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach. A visit to tour Alligator Alcatraz would be his first ...

A new temporary detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz" officially opened in Florida on July 1, 2025, according to federal officials and Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier.

Florida is building a new immigration detention center in the Everglades region. The Federal Emergency Management Agency will partly fund “Alligator Alcatraz,” but federal officials said the ...

Trump visits ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: What to know about Florida’s migrant detention facility by Elizabeth Crisp - 07/01/25 2:42 PM ET ...

Environmental advocates and protesters at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in Ochopee, Florida, on Saturday, June 28, 2025, object to the "Alligator Alcatraz" migrant detention ...

Florida's Miccosukee tribe challenges new Everglades detention facility over environmental and safety concerns, as Trump tours the 5,000-person "Alligator Alcatraz." ...