Florida’s top emergency official asked a federal judge on Monday to resist a request by environmentalists to halt an immigration detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz ...

Florida's top emergency official asked a federal judge on Monday to resist a request by environmentalists to halt an immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” in the middle of ...

The lawsuit was filed before the facility was opened to detainees, and Schwiep estimated during Monday’s hearing that 900 people have been sent to “Alligator Alcatraz” in the past three weeks.