The group has received reports this week of detainees from the island sent to the Florida facility and allegations of "rights violations and dehumanizing treatment." ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis awarded $20 million in no-bid contracts, including nearly $500,000 for an emergency radio system that was ...

Florida Democrats have introduced legislation to shut down the migrant detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz" ...

The annual operating cost for Alligator Alcatraz is reportedly $450 million. As Florida intensifies its immigration ...

An Italian passport holder was already preparing to leave the U.S. All three ended up at Alligator Alcatraz, a vast compound of tents and trailers built to hold up to 3,000 migrants deep in the ...

Democratic members of the Florida congressional delegation want to stop federal money from flowing to what they described as ...

Seeking to expand Florida’s role in federal immigration enforcement, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in May 2025 submitted the ...

Some people detained at the facility have violent criminal histories. But data and news reports about the first month's ...

Americans for Immigrant Justice confirmed to 8 On Your Side that a 15 year-old boy was briefly detained at Alligator Alcatraz earlier this month.

The eight Democrats said they introduced the "No Cages in the Everglades Act." The bill faces long odds of passage in the ...

The Sun Sentinel Editorial Board looks at the choice Republican voters face next year in electing a chief financial officer.