Federal judges in Miami to hear arguments over legal rights violations at Florida's Alligator Alcatraz detention center.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Friday that the Department of Homeland Security has started flying migrants out of the “Alligator Alcatraz" detention facility.

Just weeks after opening Alligator Alcatraz, Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis unveiled plans for a second migrant detention center to

Two separate lawsuits over “Alligator Alcatraz” could ensure detainees have proper access to their legal counsel or shut down operations at the controversial makeshift immigrant detention center in Florida’s swampy Everglades.

A federal judge ordered a two-week halt to construction at the site while she considers whether it violates environmental laws.

Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., listens during a roundtable at "Alligator Alcatraz," a new migrant detention facility at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility, July 1, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla. (AP)

Gov. Ron DeSantis addresses a plan for an immigrant detention center in the Everglades at a press conference in Tampa, Florida, on June 25, 2025.

Forget GEO Group Stadium, protesters started a movement 12-years ago to make sure another name caught on where Florida Atlantic would play: "Owlcatraz."