Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier proposed the use of the facilities at a meeting with federal officials earlier this month. Shortly after that, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ...

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

Several hundred demonstrators protested plans for an immigration detention center, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," that is being ...

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

Florida's AG unveiled controversial plans to build a new immigration detention center - nicknamed 'Alligator Alcatraz' - as ...

Florida Senate Minority Leader Lori Berman is demanding Florida Attorney James Uthmeier respond to a range of questions she raises about the state’s “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration detention center ...

An immigration detention facility located at an isolated Everglades airfield surrounded by mosquito-, python- and ...

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said the detention site is expected to open in July in the Everglades. Here's what ...

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"If somebody were to get out, there's nowhere to run, nowhere to hide — only the alligators and pythons are waiting," ...

At the direction of Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida is quickly constructing a $450 million-a-year immigration detention center, ...