The closure comes amid escalating operating costs for the facility, which are now estimated to total nearly $1 billion.

Gov. Ron DeSantis denied a definitive wind-down of the 'Alligator Alcatraz' immigrant detention center, but feds are ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says the immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” always was meant to be ...

Florida’s controversial immigration detention center, known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” is expected to close as early as June, ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) said on Thursday it was “always” his intention to close “Alligator Alcatraz,” amid rumors Florida is ...

Governor Ron DeSantis' famed "Alligator Alcatraz" U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) holding facility in the ...

Florida is planning to close Alligator Alcatraz, according to a report from the New York Times. Alligator Alcatraz was opened ...

Florida leaders are in talks with the Trump administration about closing down Alligator Alcatraz, a pop-up detention center ...

The potential future of Alligator Alcatraz remained in question while Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) remained confident about the “major impact” provided by the facility. (Video Credit: […] ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis' comments came on the same day as a New York Times report that says the facility in the Everglades has cost ...

The Governor said he has no doubt Florida will be reimbursed the costs of standing up the controversial Everglades facility.

In March, an inquiry led by two Democrat U.S. senators, Jon Ossoff of Georgia and Dick Durbin of Illinois, intensified ...