"This is an existing airstrip that is already built and paved," the office of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis told Newsweek.

Environmentalists objected to the plan to set up “heavy-duty” tents to house undocumented immigrants in one of the country’s ...

Florida’s decision to build a massive detention facility for undocumented immigrants in the middle of the Everglades is fast ...

According to the State Attorney General, the facility will become operational in the first week of July and will accommodate ...

Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said the proposed facility poses a threat to the water supply, regional economy ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his administration plan to open the 1,000-bed facility the first week of July in the state’s ...

The detention facility, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” due to its location, was spearheaded by Florida Attorney General James ...

Florida will run the facility at a cost of about $450 million a year, with the opportunity for federal reimbursement.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is using emergency powers to seize an airfield in the Florida Everglades and make a proposed “Alligator ...

Kristi Noem said the push to create the detention centers will be funded "in large part" by the Federal Emergency Management ...

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced Monday plans to turn an old Everglades jetport inside Big Cypress National ...

The facility, located at an isolated Everglades airfield surrounded by mosquito-, python- and alligator-filled swamplands, is ...