For the first time since detainees began arriving at Florida's makeshift immigrant detention center in the Everglades this month, the DeSantis administration on Saturday gave the outside world a brief glimpse inside Alligator Alcatraz,

A federal judge may pause operations at Alligator Alcatraz as protests grow and nonprofits sue over conditions and impact.

Detainees are telling their families about what it’s like to live in cells inside heavy-duty tents erected on an airstrip in Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida.

As more detainees arrive at the controversial detention center in the Everglades, NBC6 learned new information about who else may end up at the facility politicians call “Alligator Alcatraz.”

Florida lawmakers worried about “humanitarian concerns” were denied entry into the new detention center dubbed as “Alligator Alcatraz” Thursday, just hours after the arrival of its first group of detainees.

The first detainees arrived at Alligator Alcatraz late Wednesday night, even as the immigration detention facility in the Florida Everglades has already faced some operational issues with security and water intrusion.

Following the opening of 'Alligator Alcatraz', Camp Blanding is set to become the state’s second immigration detention center. What you should know.

While Alligator Alcatraz is in the national media spotlight ... In May, officials unveiled a 37-page plan, called the State of Florida Immigration Enforcement Operations Plan, that they say will be the model for immigration enforcement across the country.

U.S. Department of Justice attorneys filed a nine-page document opposing a request by environmental groups for a temporary restraining order to halt operation of the facility.

In a motion filed Thursday, Justice Department attorneys argued that a federal judge should deny requests by environmental organizations for a temporary restraining order seeking to halt operations at Florida's newly built "Alligator Alcatraz" immigration detention facility in the Everglades.