On Thursday, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the closing of Alligator Alcatraz, the highly controversial immigration ...

The US has emptied the immigration detention camp in the Florida Everglades known as Alligator Alcatraz after the state spent hundreds of millions of dollars on the high-profile facility to support ...

Vendors are winding down at Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' but officials refuse to confirm if the closure is permanent.

Less than a year after launching with its own merchandise line, "Alligator Alcatraz" is officially shutting down.

Jim DeFede joined CBS4 News in January 2006 and serves as an investigative reporter for the station, as well as host of its Sunday morning public affairs program "Facing South Florida." Companies ...

“Alligator Alcatraz,” the immigration detention facility in the Florida Everglades, could shutter operations as soon as June. Companies hired by the state of Florida to operate the facility were told ...

Alligator Alcatraz, the controversial detention center constructed in 2025 in the Florida Everglades, could be on the verge of closing. Operating costs for the facility have escalated, with Florida ...

Detainees at the South Florida immigration detention facility have been removed amid reports of an impending shut-down, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. But the facility’s future ...

Undocumented immigrants have been removed from a Florida detention facility in the Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement citing hurricane season as ...

Alligator Alcatraz, an immigrant detention center in the swampy Big Cypress National Preserve, is run by the Florida Division of Emergency Management. Florida has used state emergency funds and is ...

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