An Alligator Alcatraz employee was arrested as the detention facility winded down permanently. Stephen Jordan Trejos, 24, ...

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, June 26 (Reuters) - U.S. immigrants' rights advocates welcomed the announcement by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis of the closure of "Alligator Alcatraz" but also urged ...

The makeshift facility was heralded by the Trump administration and denounced as inhumane by civil rights groups.

The Alligator Alcatraz immigrant detention center site could become part of a Florida Everglades restoration project.

DeSantis called Alligator Alcatraz a success, but environmental groups and immigration advocates say the site failure ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis confirmed the closure of the Alligator Alcatraz facility, which could become part of an Everglades ...

Alligator Alcatraz is closing after being in operation for just one year, the governor confirmed this week. The immigration ...

Florida officials announced the closure of “Alligator Alcatraz” on June 25, 2026, when Gov. Ron DeSantis said the immigrant ...

After surviving a brutal alligator attack, one special pup was voted the NC 4th of July Festival Dog Marshal for 2026.

Jackson County Executive Phil LeVota shared on Facebook that while park rangers and Kansas City Animal Control were searching the area, a fisherman spotted "Longview Lou" and directed them to his ...

One year after it opened, Alligator Alcatraz, the detention center used by Florida and the federal government to house undocumented immigrants, is shutting down.