One worked in a celebrated restaurant in Miami’s Design District. Another is an aspiring DJ. An Italian passport holder was already preparing to leave the U.S. All three ended up at Alligator Alcatraz,

"Immediate action was taken to separate and remove the detainee in accordance with federal protocols," said Stephanie Hartman, a spokeswoman for the Florida Division of Emergency Management, which oversees the site.

Gov. DeSantis' administration left many local officials in the dark about the immigration detention center built in the Everglades.

It seems that the DeSantis administration just pulled more than a dozen contracts tied to the Everglades Immigration Detention facility from a public database of state contracts. These contracts total more than $200 million in taxpayer spending, and they are public records.

Two weeks after it opened, a temporary migrant detention center in the Everglades is facing expensive logistical challenges: portable toilets routinely back up, sewage needs to be collected and trucked out,

Fernando Artese had plans to voluntarily leave the country before he was arrested last month for driving with a suspended license, his daughter said.

The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida has filed a lawsuit against the state’s new immigration detention facility in the Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz.” In a statement, the tribe says the detention center was built on its traditional lands.

Florida lawmakers got their first tour of the new migrant detention facility in the Everglades called Alligator Alcatraz.Democratic lawmakers had been asking for a tour for weeks after detainees claimed there were "inhumane" conditions inside the facility.