Critics have condemned the facility as a cruel and inhumane threat to the ecologically sensitive wetlands, while Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and other state officials have defended it as part of the state's aggressive push to support President Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration.

Democratic members of the Florida congressional delegation want to stop federal money from flowing to what they described as the “lawless, inhumane immigration detention site” in the

Hollywood celebrated 50th anniversary of summer blockbuster 'Jaws,' which instilled terror in the public about sharks, especially in beach-going Florida.

Alligator Alcatraz is a proposed, temporary migrant detention center in Florida's Everglades. Friends of the Everglades in Stuart and the Center for Biological Diversity filed a federal lawsuit against plans to become Alligator Alcatraz. Alligator Alcatraz ...

The state has a $37 million contract that includes funding for permanent and temporary fencing and roadway construction

Key to the marketing ploy underpinning Florida's detention camp in the Everglades is the alligator, portrayed by Republican leaders as a blood-thirsty prison guard ready to attack anyone who escapes.Why it matters: Nothing about the portrayal is accurate,

A migrant detention center, known widely as “Alligator Alcatraz,” opened a little more than two weeks ago and most days since, people have come here to protest, but not on Saturday.

There may or may not be a stretch of pavement in the Everglades that exposes an alleged lie about Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” detention camp.