Florida state officials left many at the county level in the dark about the shadowy immigration detention center in the Everglades, according to the emails.

Emails show that while southwest Florida officials were still chasing rumors about the sprawling “Alligator Alcatraz” facility, state agents were already on-site, rushing vendors through the gates to

A federal judge may pause operations at Alligator Alcatraz as protests grow and nonprofits sue over conditions and impact.

How many inmates at Florida's Alligator Alcatraz? How many people in a cell? Where do they eat? Who works there? Is there air conditioning? Showers?

ICE detention standards are difficult to enforce because they aren’t written into law. Rather than follow a uniform standard, detention centers operate under a patchwork of different standards.

Concerns about conditions for detainees were heightened when one was rushed out of the detention center Monday in an ambulance.

Tensions. Unease. Tears. Migrants, lawyers and court watchers have seen all that and more since ICE began making arrests in court hallways in May.

Florida continues to carry out mass deportations, prompting legal experts to question the legality of the state’s controversial ‘blueprint’.

The first detainees arrived at Alligator Alcatraz late Wednesday night ... “Florida stands ready to support federal operations as needed, and the state has ensured the facility is prepared to receive individuals once DHS and ICE finalize transportation ...

While Alligator Alcatraz is in the national media spotlight ... In May, officials unveiled a 37-page plan, called the State of Florida Immigration Enforcement Operations Plan, that they say will be the model for immigration enforcement across the country.

Marines were sent under the same section of the U.S. Code as the National Guard troops when they were deployed to L.A.