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Florida to Open ‘Deportation Depot’ Immigration Detention Center

The facility will be run out of Baker Correctional Institution in northern Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday.

DeSantis makes plans to hold immigrant detainees in North Florida prison

As a federal judge weighs whether to temporarily shut down Alligator Alcatraz, the DeSantis administration is making plans to ...

As Trump's approach to immigration enforcement sees results, some call it 'ludicrous'

During the Trump administration’s first 100 days, ICE reports arresting 66,463 undocumented immigrants and removing 65,682.

Some Florida officers are continuing to charge people under halted immigration law

Some law enforcement officers are continuing to charge people under a Florida law that bans people living in the U.S.

Florida leading agency for immigration arrests doesn't use body cameras. Why it matters.

Florida Highway Patrol is the state's leading agency in immigration arrests, and its troopers don't wear body-worn cameras, a ...

Covid outbreak panic: Attorney warns of Covid surge in Florida’s infamous Alligator Alcatraz immigration jail

Covid outbreak panic at Florida’s infamous Alligator Alcatraz immigration jail has raised eyebrows. A possible Covid-19 outbreak has been reported at the remote Florida immigration jail “Alligator ...

Judge to Hear Arguments on Halting 'Alligator Alcatraz' Construction Over Environmental Concerns

A federal judge will hear closing arguments in a hearing over whether to stop construction indefinitely at an immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” as she co ...