January 15, 2026
Five conservation groups have urged the Eleventh Circuit to uphold a preliminary injunction halting operations of an immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades, saying state and federal actions commissioning the site run contrary to the National Environmental Protection Act.
October 03, 2025
A spokesperson for the Federal Emergency Management Agency confirmed Friday that it awarded Florida $608 million in reimbursement funds for building and running mass detention centers, including the so-called Alligator Alcatraz facility in Big Cypress National Preserve.
August 28, 2025
A Florida federal judge denied a bid to halt a preliminary injunction requiring the government to cease operations at an Everglades immigration detention center, ruling no new evidence was shown that its detainees are dangerous or why a facility must be placed in that particular location.
August 25, 2025
The field office director for U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement in Miami urged a Florida federal court to keep a temporary detention center in the Everglades in operation, saying in a motion to pause an injunction that closing the facility will endanger the community.
August 22, 2025
A Florida official filed notice late Thursday that the state will appeal a federal judge's ruling ordering the government to begin winding down operations at the Everglades immigration detention center after finding the plaintiffs challenging it are likely to prevail on their environmental claims.
August 21, 2025
A Florida federal judge Thursday ordered the government to stop bringing new detainees to the Everglades immigration detention center dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" and to begin winding down operations after finding the plaintiffs challenging the center are likely to prevail on their environmental claims.
August 07, 2025
A Florida federal judge on Thursday issued a temporary restraining order in the lawsuit against the Everglades immigration detention center dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," briefly halting the construction of additional tents and other infrastructure for two weeks while allowing facility operations to continue.
August 04, 2025
A Florida tribe has joined green groups in hitting Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and state officials with environmental claims that the immigration detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz" constructed in the Everglades violates a slew of federal statutes.
July 31, 2025
A Florida federal judge has allowed the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida to intervene in a lawsuit filed by green groups against the immigration detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz" constructed in the Everglades after the tribe argued the facility poses a direct threat to its livelihood.
July 29, 2025
A Florida federal judge has said agreements between the federal government and the state concerning the immigrant detention center in the Everglades dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" could help the court decide if federal environmental laws are at play in a suit from environmental groups.