It’s not a detention facility that is going to be up to par with the requirements necessarily, so yeah, it’s horrible,” his attorney said. “Never in a million years did I think our client would

"The narrative is that only violent criminals are being sent to Alligator Alcatraz," attorney Phillip Arroyo said. "We don't know why [he was sent there] because he has legal status."

A Cuban musician who says he's a lawful permanent resident detailed inhumane and unsanitary conditions at "Alligator Alcatraz."

Alligator Alcatraz, the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, had a special visitor July 1 − President Donald Trump. It marked the first visit back to his home state in two months.

During an hours-long visit on Tuesday, President Donald Trump and top state and federal officials celebrated the opening of the new Florida-run immigration detention center in the Everglades as a major milestone in a joint mass deportation campaign.

Amid allegations of deplorable conditions in Alligator Alcatraz, mayor of Miami-Dade County asks the feds and state government for access to the site.

Detainees are telling their families about what it’s like to live in cells inside heavy-duty tents erected on an airstrip in Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida.

GardaWorld, an international security company whose U.S. headquarters are in Boca Raton, is one of several contractors hired to do work for Alligator Alcatraz. Anyone can view a sampling of recent comments, but you must be a Times subscriber to contribute. Log in above or subscribe here.