Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference Friday at the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’

More than 100 emails obtained exclusively by Tallahassee-based reporter Kate Payne revealed how local officials in southwest Florida were blindsided by

A lawsuit claims detainees at Florida’s 'Alligator Alcatraz' are denied legal access, with no way to challenge their detention or contact attorneys.

Newsweek spoke with the attorney of a detainee and the friend of another. Both described harrowing conditions at the remote facility.

Gov. Ron DeSantis told reporters the state is planning to hold another 2,000 detainees at the Camp Blanding migrant detention facility.

But data and news reports about the first month’s arrivals show the majority of Alligator Alcatraz’s detainees do not have U.S. criminal convictions.  President Donald Trump, federal officials and Florida Republicans touted the remote Everglades immigration detention centers — dubbed Alligator Alcatraz — as a place to detain people deemed the "worst of the worst.

Rainwater was seen seeping into the migrant detention center and onto cables on the floor after a rainstorm, according to video.

DeSantis is moving fast on ICE detention center "Alligator Alcatraz" in Florida. Trump ramped up efforts to deport undocumented immigrants in the US.

During an hours-long visit on Tuesday, President Donald Trump and top state and federal officials celebrated the opening of the new Florida-run immigration detention center in the Everglades as a major milestone in a joint mass deportation campaign.

Calling an immigration detention center “Alligator Alcatraz” — yukking it up about the joke, ... Which leads to the second half of the name. Alcatraz. This isn't Alcatraz.