The immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades has been embroiled in controversy even before it opened last summer. But a key component is how environmentalists are fighting to shut it ...

TALLAHASSEE — Almost as soon as Florida finished constructing the immigrant detention center in the Everglades dubbed Alligator Alcatraz, the lawsuits came. The site has been holding detainees since ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Immigrants held at the Camp East Montana detention center in El Paso regularly face injury, life-threatening illnesses and acute ...

Kevin Guthrie operates “Alligator Alcatraz.” Some emergency managers worry that could scare Hispanic residents away from seeking help in a hurricane or other disaster. Kevin Guthrie had a blunt ...

MIAMI— The state of Florida has been awarded $608 million in reimbursement funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for building and running mass detention centers, including the sprawling ...

The state of Florida has secured $608 million in federal reimbursement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for opening and operating "Alligator Alcatraz," the controversial immigration ...

About 90 emergency 911 calls have been made from the Camp East Montana immigration detention center in El Paso, Texas, during the 15 weeks since it opened.