A federal appeals court on Thursday halted a lower court judge’s order to end operations indefinitely at the "Alligator Alcatraz" immigration detention center built in the Florida Everglades. The ...

MARTIN COUNTY — The Sheriff's Office sent 11 rapid response deputies to Alligator Alcatraz in the Florida Everglades the morning of Oct. 5 for a 10-day deployment. The federally certified group of ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is facing a funding dilemma over the immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” built in the Florida Everglades. Last week, an appellate court panel ...

Washington — A federal appeals court on Thursday halted a lower court ruling that required Florida and the Trump administration to dismantle parts of "Alligator Alcatraz," a controversial immigration ...

MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. — We have learned that Gov. Ron DeSantis is calling on sheriffs across Florida to help with security at "Alligator Alcatraz," and local agencies are answering that call. WPTV chief ...

On Aug. 29, 2025, several widely circulated posts on social media claimed that an "uprising" occurred at the South Florida Detention Facility – nicknamed "Alligator Alcatraz" – the center U.S.

FILE - President Donald Trump, Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and others, tour "Alligator Alcatraz," a new migrant detention facility at Dade-Collier Training ...