Alligator Alcatraz

An appeals court initially allowed the detention center to keep operating after proceeding on the understanding that Florida had not applied for federal funding, even though records obtained later show the state already had

In response to the dismantling of air-polluting generators at the immigrant detention center in Big Cypress National Preserve, the Center for Biological Diversity Monday concluded its lawsuit challenging dangerous air pollution from the facility.

Media reports indicated the detention site would be sold to the National Park Service.

Despite news that the last detainee is gone from the immigration detention facility known as Alligator Alcatraz, the environmental groups that sued to shut it down gathered online Wednesday to make it known that they are nowhere near done.

U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost visited the detention center on Tuesday. He said based on what he saw, he believes the center is winding down.

A lawsuit filed today by the Center for Biological Diversity against the Florida Division of Emergency Management targets the immigration detention center in the Everglades in eastern Collier County and cites what it terms as "substantial, unpermitted pollution from diesel generators and other air-polluting equipment that have supported the facility since operations began in June 2025."

An expected $58.2 million initial payment is a fraction of the state’s spending on the Everglades facility.

Florida’s controversial immigration detention center, known as "Alligator Alcatraz" could shut down as early as next month.

A report in the New York Times said that federal and state officials are considering closing the Everglades detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz. The Associated Press reported that Gov. DeSantis said site always was meant as "temporary."

A wildfire being identified as the Jetport fire is located near the Alligator Alcatraz detention facility in eastern Collier County.