Newsweek spoke with the attorney of a detainee and the friend of another. Both described harrowing conditions at the remote facility.

The “Big Beautiful Bill,” Trump’s fiscal agenda, is projected to harm working-class families because of cuts to Medicaid and SNAP benefits. His tariff agenda is leading to an increase in inflation and ...

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. — Newly released emails reveal Collier County officials were caught off guard when Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered the rapid construction of a migrant detention facility near the ...

Governor Ron DeSantis will be holding a press conference in Marco Island Friday morning with assistant secretary of the Army ...

A tribal leader told Newsweek that he and members in the Big Cypress National Preserve of Florida, which is adjacent to the ...

Nearly three dozen 911 calls have been made from an immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades, and new records are shedding some light on what the calls are about.

Migrant detainees being held in Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” have claimed conditions at the detention center are “grim,” ...

21-year-old detainee speaks out about his living conditions and his fear from inside Alligator Alcatraz, Florida's migrant detention facility in the Everglades. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — For the first time ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis insists detainees at the controversial Alligator Alcatraz are treated fairly and even offered a free flight home. But after touring the facility themselves, Democrats on Capitol Hill ...

Some people detained at the facility have violent criminal histories. But data and news reports about the first month's ...

Trump administration officials want “Alligator Alcatraz” to be a blueprint, but Democrats are pushing back on expansion.

ICE data from June 2025 showed 72% of people detained in the agency's facilities had no criminal convictions, although 24.7% ...