At the brand new Everglades immigration detention center that officials have dubbed “ Alligator Alcatraz,” people held there say

Florida Democrats are touring Alligator Alcatraz after filing a lawsuit over denied access. A press conference is set to occur before and after the tour on Saturday.

Four Florida members of congress are expected to visit the new ICE detention facility in the Everglades known as Alligator Alcatraz on Saturday. This comes after allegations of "inhumane" treatment of detainees at the detention center. The members set to take the tour are:

In a newly filed legal notice, environmental groups accused the government agencies of ignoring even more environmental regulations while building and opening Alligator Alcatraz, despite the governor’s pledge to have “zero impacts” on the Everglades.

J une 19 Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announces plans for a migrant detention center in the Everglades via X. The state has declared its official name to be Alligator Alcatraz. June 21 Protesters begin gathering near the proposed site at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport as trucks carrying supplies and fill dirt stream in.

President Donald Trump’s fight against America’s illegal border crossers now has serious teeth with a new migrant detention center slated for Florida’s Everglades — and state Attorney General James Uthmeier has already dubbed the facility Alligator Alcatraz.

Environmental groups Friday gave formal notice that they could sue federal and state agencies over alleged violations of the Endangered Species Act and the Clean Water Act at Alligator Alcatraz.

President Donald Trump visits "Alligator Alcatraz," a new detention facility in the Florida Everglades surrounded by alligators and pythons, set to house up to 5,000 migrants.

DarkSky International in 2016 designated Florida’s Big Cypress National Preserve as the nation’s first preserve to achieve “dark sky” status.