Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier proposed the use of the facilities at a meeting with federal officials earlier this month. Shortly after that, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ...

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is getting pushback from environmentalists on his proposal to build a temporary migrant detention center in the Everglades.

Environmental activists filed a lawsuit on Friday to stop the construction of a novel detention center for foreign nationals ...

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said the detention site is expected to open in July in the Everglades. Here's what ...

An immigration detention facility located at an isolated Everglades airfield surrounded by mosquito-, python- and ...

Cars passing by honked in support as protesters waved signs calling for the protection of the expansive preserve that is home ...

The facility, proposed by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, aims to detain and deport undocumented immigrants. ... "I call it Alligator Alcatraz," he said, over a pounding rock beat.

Florida Senate Minority Leader Lori Berman is demanding Florida Attorney James Uthmeier respond to a range of questions she raises about the state’s “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration detention center ...

"If somebody were to get out, there's nowhere to run, nowhere to hide — only the alligators and pythons are waiting," ...

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is racing ahead with construction of a makeshift immigration detention ...

At the direction of Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida is quickly constructing a $450 million-a-year immigration detention center, ...