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Lawyers seeking a temporary restraining order against an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades say that “Alligator Alcatraz” detainees have been barred from meeting attorneys, are being held without any charges and that a federal immigration court has canceled bond hearings. A virtual hearing in federal court in Miami was being held Monday on a lawsuit that was filed …

Detainees at an ICE facility in the Florida Everglades referred to Alligator Alcatraz allege harsh punishments from guards. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis says the first deportation flights have begun from the new migrant detention center referred to by President Trump and others as Alligator Alcatraz. The remote facility in the Everglades has come under intense scrutiny and …

Inside ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ detainees report relentless mosquitoes, limited water  The Washington Post The Chaotic Early Days Inside Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center  The New York Times Florida lawmaker Anna Eskamani on her ‘horrific’ visit to ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center  WBUR ‘A black hole’: Attorneys say they still can’t reach clients in Alligator Alcatraz  Miami Herald Florida environmentalists take fight against ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ to courts  WPLG …

The state of Florida has opened a migrant detention center in the Everglades. Its official name is Alligator Alcatraz, a reference to the former maximum security federal penitentiary in San Francisco Bay. While touring Alligator Alcatraz on July 1, 2025, President Donald Trump said, “This facility will house some of the menacing migrants, some of the most vicious people on …

The notorious new “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration jail in the Florida Everglades contains hundreds of detainees with no criminal records or charges, it was disclosed on Sunday, as lawmakers decried “inhumane” conditions inside after touring the facility. Donald Trump has insisted that the remote camp in swamp land populated by pythons and alligators was reserved for immigrants who were “deranged psychopaths” …

Some Alligator Alcatraz detainees have no criminal record, list shows  Tampa Bay Times Florida lawmakers allowed into ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ say detainees packed into cages  CNN Lawmakers tour Florida’s new detention center in the Everglades  The Washington Post Republicans and Democrats visited ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ for the first time. Here’s what they saw.  Politico Florida officials deny accusations of inhumane conditions at Alligator Alcatraz  CBS News Source …

Who’s in Alligator Alcatraz? Search our list of detainees.  Tampa Bay Times Florida lawmakers allowed into ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ say detainees packed into cages  CNN Republicans and Democrats visited ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ for the first time. Here’s what they saw.  Politico Lawmakers decry ‘horrific’ conditions at Alligator Alcatraz after not-so-surprise tour  KOMO Florida lawmakers visit Alligator Alcatraz for the first time after weeks of being denied …

OCHOPEE, Fla. — Democratic lawmakers condemned Florida’s new Everglades immigration detention center after visiting Saturday, describing it as crowded, unsanitary and bug-infested. Republicans on the same tour said they saw nothing of the sort at the remote facility that officials have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.” The state-arranged tour came after some Democrats were blocked earlier from viewing the 3,000-bed detention center …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Deep in the hazardous and ecologically fragile Everglades, hundreds of migrants are confined in cages in a makeshift tent detention facility Florida’s Republican governor calls “safe and secure” and Democratic lawmakers call “inhumane.” Two days after filing a lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for being “unlawfully denied entry” to inspect conditions at the facility dubbed …