Jim Beever spent much of his career reviewing large developments in the Collier County area, which is where the detention center is being built.

The president and local authorities boast that alligators and pythons will prevent escapes. Five people have died this year in the state while detained by ICE. The president and local authorities boast that alligators and pythons will prevent escapes.

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – Democratic lawmakers have filed a lawsuit after being denied entry to Alligator Alcatraz. On Wednesday, the state invited all Florida legislators to tour the new immigration detention center near the Everglades. However, the lawmakers say it was unlawful to turn them away from the facility last week.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis bragged about his recent tour of 'alligator alcatraz' with President Donald Trump and Secretary Kristi Noem during a recent press conference in Duval County, Florida.

Fantasizing about Florida alligators eating immigrants is old racism repackaged in a new Alligator Alcatraz detention camp.

President Donald Trump's former prison chief is sounding the alarm on Florida’s new migrant detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” warning the facility is unsafe and logistically unworkable.

Republican states are considering building versions of Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz," a detention facility for illegal immigrants that was celebrated by President Donald Trump.