Let’s be clear: this isn’t a field trip — it’s oversight,” state Rep. Anna Eskamani, D-Orlando, said in a statement Wednesday.

Florida’s Republican and Democratic state lawmakers have been invited to tour Alligator Alcatraz on Saturday, after multiple Democratic lawmakers were denied entry last week. Florida Democrats say they had already been planning an unannounced oversight visit at the exact same time.

More questions arise over how Florida’s newest immigration detention center is being funded by the Trump administration.

A retired Florida planner criticizes the new Alligator Alcatraz prison site for its lack of planning and unsuitable location within the Big Cypress National Preserve. The prison project bypassed typical governmental approval processes and public vetting ...

Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava is requesting oversight access to the migrant detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz"

M AGA supporters have flocked to take selfies at the Trump administration’s new Florida immigration detention center dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz,” sparking outrage from activists who have slammed the facility as “inhumane.” Trump last week toured the detention center, which is surrounded by alligator-filled swamps in the Everglades.

J une 19 Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announces plans for a migrant detention center in the Everglades via X. The state has declared its official name to be Alligator Alcatraz. June 21 Protesters begin gathering near the proposed site at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport as trucks carrying supplies and fill dirt stream in.

New reports from detainees and their families at Florida's newly opened migrant detention center, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," describe troubling conditions inside the facility