The fight over "Alligator Alcatraz," the proposed immigration detention center on an airstrip in the Everglades, is ramping up — with environmental groups taking the state to court as it races to complete the facility.

Environmental activists filed a lawsuit on Friday to stop the construction of a novel detention center for foreign nationals in

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is getting pushback from environmentalists on his proposal to build a temporary migrant detention center in the Everglades.