Orlando Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost delivered sharp criticism of the site, describing it as "inhumane" and calling for it to be shut down.

A federal judge in Miami has dismissed part of a lawsuit that claimed detainees were denied access to the legal system at the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz.

A federal judge heard arguments Monday but declined to make an immediate ruling about the legal conditions of detainees at “Alligator Alcatraz.”

A judge has dismissed part of a lawsuit from immigrant advocates after finding many of the migrants held at "Alligator Alcatraz" have received access to legal counsel.

Although a federal judge in Miami ordered their case be moved to another Florida district, the ACLU and other plaintiffs suing the controversial migrant detention facility over access to attorneys insist they'll win the litigation - and that they have already been handed "an important victory.

Nebraska’s version of the so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” federal immigration detention center is to be created in the roughly 7,500-resident city of McCook, Gov. Jim Pillen confirmed.