A federal judge on Thursday ordered a temporary halt to construction at an immigration detention center — built in the middle ...

Construction at the controversial facility in the Florida Everglades has been stopped for 14 days over a lawsuit alleging it ...

Temporary injunction issued Aug. 7 by Florida federal judge restrains all work for two weeks while opponents' court challenge ...

Experts testified newly laid down pavement would cause harmful runoff to spill into the wetlands surrounding the airstrip.

A federal judge on Thursday ordered a temporary pause on all construction at “Alligator Alcatraz” in Florida as a lawsuit ...

A new temporary detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz" officially opened in Florida on July 1, 2025, according to federal officials and Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier. Therefore, ...

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.

“DHS (the U.S. Department of Homeland Security) has not implemented, authorized, directed, or funded Florida’s temporary detention center,” the document said.

Environmental plaintiffs had sought a temporary restraining order to protect “the fragile area where Defendants are building this detention center.” ...