In a move that could mark the final chapter for one of the nation’s most controversial immigration detention centers, Alligator Alcatraz may now be empty after detainees were moved out in recent days.

Governor Ron DeSantis' famed "Alligator Alcatraz" U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) holding facility in the Florida swamp will "return to the Everglades" after it is no longer needed, a senior Florida government official has told Fox News.

U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost of Orlando visited Alligator Alcatraz May 25 and said the facility has about half the number of detainees from an April visit. Gov. Ron DeSantis said he hasn't been told by the federal government that the immigrant detention center ...

OCHOPEE, Fla. — For weeks, rumors have been circulating that Alligator Alcatraz, the controversial immigration detention facility in the Everglades, is set to close in June. The facility is costing Florida taxpayers about $1 million a day. On Thursday, Gov.

The immigrant-detention facility known as Alligator Alcatraz, deep in the Florida Everglades, stands out as a uniquely cruel publicity stunt with an absurdly high price tag, in which much of the money goes into just a few pockets.