In pursuit of immigration enforcement, the DeSantis administration quickly seized Everglades land to construct the center. A fleet of trucks transported crucial equipment into the sensitive area. Meanwhile, environmentalists sued to prevent the facility from operating, citing potential ecological damage. See the stories below.

More questions arise over how Florida’s newest immigration detention center is being funded by the Trump administration.

Fantasizing about Florida alligators eating immigrants is old racism repackaged in a new Alligator Alcatraz detention camp.

A site known as the Jetport is now home to a growing migrant prison encampment capable of holding thousands of detainees.

Constructed in eight days with an annual budget of $450 million, the "Alligator Alcatraz" migrant detention camp in Florida is already feeling the strain, in this video from Democratic candidate for Orlando Mayor Anna Eskamani.

Alligator Alcatraz may have been built in eight days, but Florida’s race to become the top spot for President Donald Trump’s deportation agenda has been building for months.

President Donald Trump is set to visit Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz," and Gov. Ron DeSantis signs the state budget into law. After signing Florida's state budget Monday in Wildwood, Gov. Ron ...

A temporary migrant detention site located deep in the Florida Everglades is quickly taking shape — and drawing mounting controversy. Dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," Florida officials are racing ...