Gov. Ron DeSantis pledges to continue deportations through Alligator Alcatraz after judge's ruling to vacate the property.

A federal judge is ordering the Trump administration and the state of Florida to effectively wind down operations at the controversial immigrant detention center in the Everglades known as "Alligator Alcatraz" over environmental concerns.

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

The judge says the government failed to conduct an environmental review before hastily building the detention facility

A wildfire broke out Tuesday evening near Alligator Alley in the US state of Florida. Firefighters and authorities are working to bring the situation in the Everglades under control. Thick smoke is significantly worsening the air quality in the area.

Other ICE detention centers like Alligator Alcatraz have been under consideration for other locations, including in North Florida, Indiana and Nebraska.

A hiker has been hospitalized after an alligator attacked and bit her on a Florida hiking trail, authorities say. The woman, who has not been identified, was hiking on the Bird Rookery Swamp Trail in Collier County, between Naples and Fort Myers, when the incident took place on Sunday, August 17.

A baby alligator found itself in the wrong kind of swamp this week when Alachua County Sheriff's deputies were called to an apartment complex in Gainesville, Florida. On Tuesday morning, Deputies E. Miller and J.