Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis claims that the newly opened “Alligator Alcatraz" immigration detention center has “zero impact" on the Everglades and restoration efforts. However, environmental groups and ...

A Florida Native American leader spoke out against a new migrant detention facility in the Florida Everglades, nicknamed "Alligator Alcatraz," raising environmental and safety concerns for local ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis provided no materials explaining how he concluded Alligator Alcatraz has "zero impact." ...

FEMA and Florida Emergency Management review a Hazard Mitigation Grant Program application, considering environmental and community impacts.

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A group of Florida environmental advocates filed a lawsuit in federal court to shut down the ICE detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz. Friends of the Everglades said ...

Florida's attorney general says the migrant detention facility is on track to open in early July, at a little-used airfield in the Everglades. Environmental activists hope they can stop the project.

A new state law aims to help developers fill environmental requirements faster, something critics say could throw the ...

Th Florida Department of Health office in Indian River County issued a health alert for toxic algae in the Stick Marsh on ...

The group of Democratic state senators and representatives said they wanted to exercise their statutory right as lawmakers to inspect the Everglades facility.

Florida Democrats inspected the "Alligator Alcatraz" immigrant detention center, criticizing the $450 million site as environmental groups file lawsuit over ecological concerns.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said the detention site is expected to open in July in the Everglades. ... Construction on the project halted in 1970 over environmental concerns, per NPS.

Environmental advocacy groups like Waterkeepers Florida echoed those concerns and lobbied for a veto, urging residents to contact the governor. Their efforts ultimately fell short.