Florida, Alcatraz and immigration detention
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says new immigration detention centers in Florida will be largely funded by FEMA's shelter and services program.
The new immigration detention center at an isolated airstrip in the Florida Everglades that President Donald Trump visited was heralded by Republicans as a potential model for other states to ...
One of two federally-recognized tribes in Florida wants to join a lawsuit to stop Alligator Alcatraz from operating in the Everglades.
Advocates in Northeast Florida are protesting Gov. DeSantis's plan to turn Camp Blanding into an immigration detention center.
Lawmakers in both parties slammed the revelation, which comes as concerns are being raised about the lack of oversight and transparency over the millions of dollars being spent on the temporary
However, the Florida Division of Emergency Management is in charge of the detention center, and Stephanie Hartman, its deputy director of communications, wrote to Florida Phoenix on Wednesday that it hadn’t denied Miami-Dade’s requests and that the mayor’s letter was under review.