What to know about "Alligator Alcatraz," Florida's immigration detention site in the Everglades An immigration detention facility located at an isolated Everglades airfield surrounded by mosquito ...

“Surrounded by Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve, this land is part of one of the most fragile ecosystems in the country,” reads a statement from the advocacy group ...

Florida officials are racing ahead with the construction of what they've dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” to help carry out President Trump’s mass deportation agenda.

Jennifer Walker, Naples Everglades detention camp If Marjory Stoneman Douglas’ ashes hadn’t been spread in the Everglades National Park, she would be rolling in her grave.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — An immigration detention facility located at an isolated Everglades airfield surrounded by mosquito-, python- and alligator-filled swamplands is just days away from ...

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The speed by which the state is building the detention camp has unnerved environmentalists as well as local and state elected leaders.