Nation Sep 10 DeSantis’ court victory on ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ sets up a funding dilemma for Florida Florida may be forced to choose between forgoing federal reimbursement for the detention center or accepting the money and facing an environmental review that would risk shutting down the facility.
Politics Sep 04 Appeals court panel stops order to wind down ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ operations in Florida A federal appeals court panel on Thursday put on hold a lower court judge’s order to end operations indefinitely at the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.”…
Nation Aug 28 Florida taxpayers may lose $218M on ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ as judge orders shutdown Florida taxpayers could be on the hook for the $218 million cost of converting a training airport in the Everglades into an immigration detention center that may soon be empty of detainees.
Nation Aug 27 Florida official believes ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ will be empty within days, email shows A top Florida official says the controversial state-run immigration detention facility in the Everglades will likely be empty in a matter of days…
Nation Aug 22 Florida must stop expanding ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration center, judge says The judge wrote the state and federal defendants can't bring anyone other than those who are already being detained at the facility onto the property.
Politics Aug 22 Federal data website outage raises concerns among advocates The outage has raised concerns among advocates who already were troubled by the disappearance of data sets from government websites after President Donald Trump began his second term.
Nation Aug 21 Illegal immigration hit record of 14 million in 2023, Pew report finds A closely watched report says the number of people in the United States illegally surged to an all-time high of 14 million in 2023.
Politics Aug 19 Judge dismisses part of lawsuit over ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ moves case to different jurisdiction Some detainees alleged they are eligible for bond hearings and their lawyers have been "unable to access — yet alone identify — the proper court for those hearings."…
Nation Aug 18 Judge weighs rights of detainees at immigrant detention center in Florida Everglades A federal judge considered whether detainees have been denied their legal rights at a temporary immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades.
Politics Aug 07 Trump wants to change how the Census Bureau collects data President Donald Trump has instructed the Commerce Department to change how the Census Bureau collects data, seeking to exclude immigrants in the United States illegally.