Immigration

Attorneys say that the detainees are being held without any charges and that federal immigration courts have canceled bond hearings.

Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity filed a federal lawsuit to halt the project until it undergoes a stringent environmental review.

In a letter to the Florida Division of Emergency Management on Friday, Mayor Daniella Levine Cava cited concerns over "troubling" conditions at the site and stressed that Miami-Dade officials are entitled to access since the land is county-owned.

Gov. Ron. DeSantis said the state is looking forward to increasing the flights, which are being conducted by DHS and have removed about 100 detainees over the past few days.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is pressing the Trump administration to repatriate 14 Mexican nationals being held at "Alligator Alcatraz," the controversial immigration detention center in the Everglades.

The "dangerous and unlawful conditions" inside the center pose serious health implications for hundreds of detainees, says a group of health professionals and immigrant advocates.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said the state’s housing capacity for the immigration effort is “a drop in the bucket."

The amount — to be fronted by Florida taxpayers — is in line with the $450 million a year officials have estimated the facility will cost.

In a letter to law enforcement agencies, Uthmeier said he could not prevent police from enforcing the new immigration law “where there remains no judicial order that properly restrains you from doing so.”

The Notary Kiosk offers a range of services and is run by Sara Roman, who wants to help people regardless of their immigration status.

Some people detained at the facility have violent criminal histories. But data and news reports about the first month's arrivals show the majority of Alligator Alcatraz's detainees do not have U.S. criminal convictions.

It’s not clear how Critical Response Strategies landed the work or whether it previously handled managing a detention facility. However, staffers from the firm have a visible presence at the center.