Questioning the very legality of the state-run detention center, the attorneys said in a legal filing Friday that immigrants ...

Dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” the massive tent detention complex built deep in the Florida Everglades can hold 3,000 and could ...

These articles share insights into Alligator Alcatraz, the migrant detention center in Florida. The takeaways focus on construction, politics and the controversial location. See the stories below.

Alligator Alcatraz became a reality on social media when Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced the idea June 19.

Democrats also focused on what they said they learned at the facility: They said officials clarified repeatedly that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is “calling the shots” at the detention ...

Alligator Alcatraz became a reality on social media when Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced the idea June 19. Since then, both the federal and state governments have pushed forward ...

Calling Alligator Alcatraz "vile", "inhumane" and "gross" while pledging to hold authorities accountable, Democratic members of Congress toured the south Florida facility July 12.

It was her second visit as she first toured Alligator Alcatraz when President Donald Trump visited July 1. "I saw a facility that was clean, that had plenty of personnel working," she said.