Critics have condemned the detention facility and what they call the state’s apparent reliance on alligators as a security ...

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

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

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has announced a plan to build an immigrant detention center in the heart of the Everglades.

The governor said announcements about plans to build immigration detention centers are expected "very, very quickly." ...

At least some critics of the proposal who oppose restrictions on illegal immigration have taken this position that the ...

Governor Ron DeSantis​ pushed back against those concerns Wednesday, insisting the facility will have no long-term impact.

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

Florida officials have said the detention facility, which has been described as temporary, will rely on heavy-duty tents, ...

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

DeSantis will use emergency powers to take control of Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport away from Miami-Dade ...

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 ...