ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida could be on the hook for $218 million the state spent to convert a remote training airport in the Everglades into an immigration detention center dubbed “ Alligator Alcatraz.” ...

MIAMI — The immigration detention center in Florida's Everglades that officials have dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" soon will hold no detainees. In an email sent to a South Florida rabbi inquiring about ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A top Florida official says the controversial state-run immigration detention facility in the Everglades will likely be empty in a matter of days, even as Republican Gov. Ron ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — (AP) — A federal judge in Miami has refused to pause her order requiring the winding down of the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz” ...

Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz could be down to a grand total of zero detainees in just days, according to an email sent by a state official. Rojzman and an executive assistant confirmed the contents of ...

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A nonverbal New Orleans boy who disappeared earlier this month was found dead Tuesday and appears to have died in part from an alligator attack, officials said. New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne ...

Florida’s Everglades immigration detention center, nicknamed "Alligator Alcatraz," could be empty within days despite a 60-day court-ordered closure. The $245 million facility opened in July but ...

Dan Gooding is a Newsweek reporter based in New York City. His focus is reporting on immigration and border security. He has covered immigration issues extensively, including the root causes of ...