What they’re trying to do, at the end of the day, is pretend like this facility is not governed by federal law,” said one attorney.

There may or may not be a stretch of pavement in the Everglades that exposes an alleged lie about Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” detention camp.

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Deep in the marshy wetlands of the Florida Everglades – less than 50 miles west of President Donald Trump’s Doral resort in Miami – sits the latest battleground in his administration’s immigration enforcement efforts: A detention facility dubbed,

When you make merch out of suffering — like the GOP is doing with Alligator Alcatraz — it makes it easier to get away with inhumanity.

Since opening earlier this month in the marshy Florida Everglades region, Alligator Alcatraz — named after a notorious federal prison off the coast of San Francisco — has drawn mixed reviews. Democrats and immigrant-rights activists have criticized it, calling it inhumane, while Republicans view it as safe and necessary for national security.

Environmental activists filed a lawsuit on Friday to stop the construction of a novel detention center for foreign nationals in

Florida nonprofits and activists call for the closure of the Everglades detention facility "Alligator Alcatraz" due to inhumane conditions, despite state officials claiming it meets standards.

Alligator Alcatraz is a temporary migrant detainment site in the Florida Everglades. Apparently, the brainchild of Uthmeier, the site was seized by the state, rushed into development and opened in ...