Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration left many local officials in the dark about the immigration detention center that rose from an isolated airstrip in the Everglades ...

"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.

The state’s emergency rules allow Gov. Ron DeSantis to suspend state laws and a competitive bidding process to award millions ...

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is racing to build migrant tent camps nationwide after receiving $45 billion in new ...

DeSantis said he's considering standing up a facility at a Florida National Guard training center known as Camp Blanding, ...

Trump administration officials see limited detention space as hobbling the effort to step up deportations, and aim to more ...

Top US officials at Homeland Security, including US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, have expressed a preference for ...

Two people, both men, were both arrested in late May by St. Johns County deputies more than a month after a federal judge in ...

Alligator Alcatraz, the migrant detention center in the Florida Everglades, is surrounded by swamps infested with massive Burmese pythons.

Trump administration officials want “Alligator Alcatraz” to be a blueprint, but Democrats are pushing back on expansion.