Construction at "Alligator Alcatraz," Florida's new immigrant detention center, has been halted while a judge hears arguments on environmental impacts.

“Alligator Alcatraz” is part of DeSantis’ efforts to support President Donald Trump’s “mass deportation” agenda. Florida is footing the initial spending on the hastily-built project ...

A federal judge halted construction of Florida's Alligator Alcatraz on Thursday for 14 days while the court decides if the opening of the facility violated federal environmental laws and ...

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Alligator Alcatraz will remain operational, continuing to serve as a force multiplier to enhance deportation efforts,” Alex Lanfranconi, a Gov. Ron DeSantis spokesperson, posted to social media ...

Community advocates and Tribal members mobilized quickly against Alligator Alcatraz since Governor Ron DeSantis seized the defunct jetport under an emergency executive order in June.

Work progressed on a new migrant detention facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility in the Florida Everglades, Friday, July 4, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla.

MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered a two-week halt to construction at an immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” as she considers ...

Florida Gov. DeSantis said on X that "Operations at Alligator Alcatraz are ongoing and deportations are continuing." ...

Florida's corrections agency and ICE updated an agreement on handling federal immigration detainees, but they did it more than a month after ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ opened ...

A version of this article appears in print on Aug. 10, 2025, Section A, Page 18 of the New York edition with the headline: ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Is Test For Environmental Law.

A new sign was installed for Alligator Alcatraz, the ICE detention center in the Florida Everglades. Opening day at the Dade-Collier Training Airport site in Ochopee, Florida, was July 1, 2025.