The suit claims the project threatens environmentally sensitive wetlands that are home to protected plants and animals.

At a hearing in federal court Wednesday, environmental groups have so far called two witnesses as part of their effort to prove that facility was built without the federally required impact studies. Attorneys representing Florida officials have argued that the facility was initially funded by,

A federal judge has ordered officials to produce agreements showing who has legal authority at “Alligator Alcatraz,” an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades