Key to the marketing ploy underpinning Florida's detention camp in the Everglades is the alligator, portrayed by Republican leaders as a blood-thirsty prison guard ready to attack anyone who escapes.Why it matters: Nothing about the portrayal is accurate,

Democratic members of the Florida congressional delegation want to stop federal money from flowing to what they described as the “lawless, inhumane immigration detention site” in the

Reports suggest 200,000 at Everglades National Park. Alligators in Florida are trending. But not for the reason you think. Alligator Alcatraz, the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, had a special visitor Tuesday, July 1 − President ...

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

A migrant detention center, known widely as “Alligator Alcatraz,” opened a little more than two weeks ago and most days since, people have come here to protest, but not on Saturday.

"History is repeating itself." Nonprofit sues US government over construction of new 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention facility: 'America's worst idea' first appeared on The Cool Down.

A tribal leader told Newsweek that he and members in the Big Cypress National Preserve of Florida, which is adjacent to the state's Alligator Alcatraz migrant detention center, are seeking legal remedies against officials because environmental efforts are taking "a huge step backward."