The makeshift facility was heralded by the Trump administration and denounced as inhumane by civil rights groups.
Miami-Dade wants to transfer the Alligator Alcatraz site to the National Park Service for Everglades restoration.
Immigration advocates said the tents were never safe or humane for holding people. Lawyers described poor physical conditions ...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced the closure of the embattled immigration detention center colloquially known as ...
The Alligator Alcatraz immigrant detention center site could become part of a Florida Everglades restoration project.
Conditions at "Alligator Alcatraz" were criticized by lawyers, families and human rights groups who claimed detainees were ...
The state's emergency agency has spent hundreds of millions on immigration enforcement efforts over the past year.
Alligator Alcatraz is closing with a bitter send-off from the families of once-detained immigrants. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ...
The detention facility has faced escalating legal challenges from rights groups and environmental organizations since Florida ...
Gov. Ron DeSantis says the facility, which faced legal challenges, is no longer needed.