Erected on an abandoned airstrip known as the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport, the temporary tent city was thrown together in just eight days after Florida authorities presented the federal government with a “marketing pitch” inspired by President Donald Trump longing for the reopening of the original Alcatraz.

A judge in Florida heard arguments seeking an injunction to halt the operation and construction of an immigration detention center called "Alligator Alcrataz

An environmental challenge to the “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration detention center faced its first major hearing in Miami on Wednesday. Several groups are suing to halt the expansion of the facility,