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States can apply for federal funds to make their own replicas of the controversial Alligator Alcatraz facility amid Trump's ...
The opening of the immigration detention center dubbed Alligator Alcatraz this week in South Florida brought national attention to the state's Attorney General James Uthmeier. Political watchers ...
What they’re trying to do, at the end of the day, is pretend like this facility is not governed by federal law,”  said one ...
The construction of “Alligator Alcatraz” is a major political milestone for the Florida governor, whose allies and critics both say harbors further ambitions of taking his brand national after ...
Ron DeSantis' ambitious plans for a massive detention facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" in the Florida Everglades have sparked controversy, drawing accusations of a possible pay-for-play scheme.
Nearly half of Florida Republicans now believe the state’s top priority should be housing-related issues, according to a poll ...
Thirty minutes into a routine appearance Thursday on Florida’s Gulf Coast, Gov. Ron DeSantis abruptly turned his fire on a ...
Critics of Alligator Alcatraz discuss the facility's ability to repel Florida weather, and lawmakers in Florida consider a veto override of HB 1445. Florida’s new immigration detention center ...
Alligator Alcatraz is located on a 30-square-mile parcel of land in the Everglades, chosen in part for its nearly 11,000-foot unused airstrip capable of directly accepting and deporting immigrant ...
Other contractors that are working with Florida for the immigrant detention center have also donated to Republican leaders, including CDR Maguire and its affiliate, CDR Health. That company and its ...
EXCLUSIVE: Some individuals awaiting deportation at "Alligator Alcatraz" in Florida were convicted of serious crimes, according to new information from the Florida Attorney General’s office ...
As more detainees arrive at the controversial detention center in the Everglades, NBC6 learned new information about who else may end up at the facility politicians call “Alligator Alcatraz.” ...