U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Miami Gardens, said a federal judge’s order to shut down Alligator Alcatraz within 60 days said the immigration detention center “should have never been built” from the start.

There are many reasons Alligator Alcatraz should be wiped off the face of the Everglades. The environment is just one but it’s plenty. | Opinion

An order from a federal judge to begin closing down Alligator Alcatraz in Florida has been appealed by the state.

Although a federal judge in Miami ordered their case be moved to another Florida district, the ACLU and other plaintiffs suing the controversial migrant detention facility over access to attorneys insist they'll win the litigation - and that they have already been handed "an important victory.

The findings raise questions about the DeSantis administration’s vetting of the companies that received Alligator Alcatraz contracts.