A federal judge on Thursday temporarily halted any further construction of the immigrant detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz." U.S. District Judge Kathleen Mary Williams granted a ...

Located 50 miles west of Miami in the heart of the Florida Everglades, "Alligator Alcatraz" was quickly constructed over a matter of weeks, utilizing hundreds of tents, trailers, and other ...

Construction aimed at expanding Florida’s remote migrant detention facility, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz,” must stop for at least 14 days, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

MIAMI — A Florida judge ruled Thursday to temporarily halt operations at "Alligator Alcatraz," the controversial migrant detention facility in the Florida Everglades, over a lawsuit alleging the ...

Work progressed on a new migrant detention facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility in the Florida Everglades, Friday, July 4, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla.

A federal judge temporarily halted the construction of the “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration detention facility on Thursday over environmental concerns. Judge Kathleen Williams, an Obama ...

Alligator Alcatraz, a state-run immigration detention center, is located on 30 square miles of the Everglades in Miami-Dade County. Florida officials announced plans for the project on June 19 and ...

An aerial view of a migrant detention center, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," is seen located at the site of the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in Ochopee, Florida on July 7, 2025.

Attorneys say that it's an "emergency situation" and that officers are trying to get detainees to sign deportation orders, while Florida argues it's started to facilitate meetings with lawyers.

Interfaith prayer vigil held outside ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ amid reports of hunger strike inside facility By Julie Calhoun, Rubén Rosario, Dannielle Garcia August 3, 2025 Share ...

Lawyers seeking a temporary restraining order against an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades say that “Alligator Alcatraz” detainees have been barred from meeting attorneys.