The days at “Alligator Alcatraz” may be numbered after a federal judge ordered the state to begin winding down operations at the detention center within two months.

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

Environmental groups that sued to halt the construction of Alligator Alcatraz say they are prepared to take their challenge all the way to the Supreme Court.

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

A federal judge had ordered that much of the Florida immigration detention center be dismantled, a ruling Gov. Ron DeSantis called “preordained.”

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