The local officials who are facing criticism over a controversial detention center for undocumented migrants on Miami-Dade County land met on Monday to celebrate a step forward on a $141 million PortMiami project near Miami International Airport.

In the rush to open a detention camp in the Florida Everglades for “some of the most vicious” migrants illegally in the country, state and federal officers detained a 15-year-old boy with no criminal record and sent him in handcuffs to Alligator Alcatraz, the Miami Herald and Tampa Bay Times have learned.

Retired ICE special agent Victor Avila weighs in on the Trump administration’s ongoing immigration crackdown during an appearance on ‘Fox & Friends Weekend.’

Protesters lined the streets on Saturday as lawmakers from both sides of the aisle arrived at the immigration detention facility.

Alligator Alcatraz, a migrant detention center in the Florida Everglades, is surrounded by swamps infested with dangerous alligators and pythons.

During a press conference on July 16, 2025, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis lashed out at the Florida House of Representatives for introducing an amnesty bill that would've made the "Alligator Alcatraz" immigration detention center illegal.

The state’s emergency rules allow Gov. Ron DeSantis to suspend state laws and a competitive bidding process to award millions of dollars from an account he alone controls.

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