But at least some Alligator Alcatraz detainees have had bond hearings, held at Krome Immigration Court this week, according ...

Collier could have been home to the Everglades Jetport, the world's largest airport of the future, until environmentalists ...

Can a single facility be an “clean, air-conditioned, and well-kept” center and, at the same time, an “internment camp” with “vile conditions”? That is the paradox at the heart of Florida’s “Alligator ...

The state of Florida has opened a migrant detention center in the Everglades. Its official name is Alligator Alcatraz, a ...

The concept, a product of the go-go 1960's, was killed by an unlikely environmental pioneer, President Richard Nixon ...

A new detention facility plan, ... named "Alligator Alcatraz," was approved by the federal government. Tue, 15 Jul 2025 18:26:19 GMT (1752603979452) Story Infinite Scroll ...

no. 1: meet the folks who live near ‘alligator alcatraz’ and call the everglades home “I was kind of offended on the alligator’s behalf with the way they talk about them,” she said.

Groups fight on to keep Big Cypress a national preserve, not a pre-deportation holding pen ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: Early plans called for world’s largest airport at the site ‘Gravely ...

GUATEMALA CITY — The Homeland Security secretary is praising Florida for coming forward with an idea that’s been dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” because it would house immigration detainees in ...

‘Alligator Alcatraz’: Florida plans to build detention facility in Everglades for illegal immigrants. James Tutten. Tue, June 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM UTC. 1 min read ...

Florida begins construction of 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention facility Facility to house up to 5,000 migrants, costing $450 million annually DHS to use FEMA funds to cover detention center costs ...

Uthmeier pitched the “Alligator Alcatraz” plan last week. On Monday, he announced on that the facility will feature 5,000 beds and is expected to be operational by early July, with ...