OCHOPEE, Fla. — “No American Aushwitz,” and “Free Them” were some of the signs that about a dozen protesters held on Monday outside Alligator Alcatraz, a Florida-run immigration detention center on ...

A former Alligator Alcatraz detainee says this patch was ‘meant to make us even more afraid than we already were. I always felt haunted by it, but I never said anything because I was so afraid.’ ...

Thousands of pages of documents obtained by WPTV reveal Florida initially requested nearly $1.5 billion from FEMA — more than double the $608 million grant Governor Ron DeSantis announced Florida ...

A court filing also revealed the extensive limits on a potential reimbursement to the state, if it ever comes. The status of Florida's requested reimbursement from the federal government for Alligator ...

MIAMI — Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced Friday afternoon that the state has appealed a federal court ruling that would have severely limited operations at the state's immigrant ...

The federal government is withholding a $608 million grant to help pay for Florida’s migrant lockups because a required environmental review still hasn’t been completed, newly released records show.

Re: the Feb. 25 Herald online story, “State admits federal funding for Alligator Alcatraz may ‘not materialize.’” Under Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida has become a testing ground for harsh immigration ...

OCHOPEE, Fla. — A large alligator was seen roaming outside of the immigration detention center in Collier County that bares its nickname, an ironic symbol for a controversial facility that’s tightly ...

A massive wildfire in Big Cypress National Preserve has grown to 25,000 acres with 0% containment. Florida Highway Patrol temporarily closed a portion of Interstate 75 due to low visibility from the ...

A South Florida detention deputy was fired after he allegedly sexually battered one woman and strangled another while attending a Deerfield Beach party. Buc-ee’s loading in St. Lucie County as new ...