The Trump administration says each bed at the detention camp is expected to cost $245 a day — roughly the price of one night this week at the Intercontinental Miami hotel.

Trump administration officials want “Alligator Alcatraz” to be a blueprint, but Democrats are pushing back on expansion ...

President Donald Trump toured Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz migrant detention facility in the Everglades ahead of its first expected detainees. "It's known as Alligator Alcatraz, ...

Over the next four years, some $45 billion will be spent on ICE detention centers, which will hold mainly people who have ...

Cuban reggaeton artist Leamsy La Figura, arrested last week in Miami-Dade on assault charges, was transferred to South ...

On MidPoint, Shelley brings you current Florida news and public affairs with a local perspective, and with a definite ...

There may or may not be a stretch of pavement in the Everglades that exposes an alleged lie about Florida Governor Ron ...

In Florida, price of immigration "emergency" includes $12,000 plane tickets to Martha's Vineyard and $400-a-night beds at Alligator Alcatraz.

Gov. Ron DeSantis told reporters the state is planning to hold another 2,000 detainees at the Camp Blanding migrant detention ...

It seems that we’ve entered into the concentration camp era of President Donald Trump’s second term. To some, that might ...

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier speaks at the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla., on March 5, 2025. State takeover. The FDEM initially offered to buy the Dade-Collier Airport from Miami ...

TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Florida’s headline-grabbing push to create “Alligator Alcatraz” — an immigration detention center deep in the Everglades — happened swiftly, with little apparent ...