An alligator in the Florida Everglades was seen doing its part to combat the invasion of Burmese pythons in the region, chomping on the limp body of one of the massive snakes and swimming off with the ...

Florida's immigration detention facility located at an isolated Everglades airfield surrounded by mosquito-, python- and alligator-filled swamplands went from a video on X to reality in a matter ...

Alligator Alcatraz is a temporary migrant detention center near the Florida Everglades. The controversial center reportedly has a capacity of up to 3,000 detainees, housed in FEMA tents and trailers.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis claims that the newly opened “Alligator Alcatraz" immigration detention center has “zero impact" on the Everglades and restoration efforts. However, environmental ...

At ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ the Biggest Risk Isn’t Alligators The area around the immigrant detention center, deep in the Everglades, is threatened by a number of environmental hazards like ...

Alligator Alcatraz is a temporary migrant detention center near the Florida Everglades. The controversial center reportedly has a capacity of up to 3,000 detainees, housed in FEMA tents and trailers.

The patch of Florida Everglades known as Alligator Alcatraz once had a very different future. Back in the 1960s, it almost became the world’s largest airport, a six-runway behemoth, many times ...

'Everglades catastrophe unfolding before our eyes' say environmental groups about Alligator Alcatraz WLRN Public Media | By Sergio R. Bustos Published July 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM EDT Rebecca Blackwell ...

Alligator Alcatraz consists of temporary structures housing migrants on an airport runway in the Everglades. Concerns persist about detainee safety if a hurricane were to hit South Florida.

Alligator Alcatraz is the temporary migrant detention center in the Big Cypress Preserve near the Florida Everglades. The center was the brainchild of Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, who ...