"Alligator Alcatraz" detention facility days away from opening, DeSantis says
The facility being constructed in the Everglades will be able to hold 5,000 detainees.
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The facility being constructed in the Everglades will be able to hold 5,000 detainees.
A brief history of the land where Florida officials and the federal government are building "Alligator Alcatraz."
The state filed a 22-page response to a motion filed by Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity seeking a temporary restraining order to halt the facility.
CBS News Miami's Larry Seward reports on the opening of the controversial migrant detention center dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" and Trump's expected Tuesday visit.
President Donald Trump is set to visit the immigration detention center dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" in the Everglades on Tuesday morning. Meanwhile, a lawsuit has been filed to prevent the facility from opening.
Local government officials, immigration attorneys and community advocates came together at The Katz restaurant in North Miami to address the questions and concerns of Haitians living in South Florida.
Isidro Perez died Thursday, June 26, at HCA Kendall Florida Hospital. The cause of death is still under investigation, ICE said in a press release.
More than half the people ICE has detained under President Trump have no criminal conviction, while roughly 8% were convicted of violent crimes, an analysis of new data by CBS News finds.
Weil says we need someone in Washington who will fight for the people of Florida.
Butcher speaks of the detention center's potential impact on the River of Grass.
Jim speaks with famed Everglades photographer Clyde Butcher about the pending opening of Alligator Alcatraz and it's potential impact on the River of Grass.
Environmental groups, citizens, including Native Americans, came out to protest the building and opening of a 5,000-bed immigration detention center in the Everglades.
The TPS designation ends August 3, with termination effective September 2.
The court ruled that universal injunctions issued by lower courts likely exceed the authority Congress has granted them.
CBS News Miami's Joan Murray reports on Friday's developments surrounding the controversial immigrant holding facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz."
CBS News Miami's Nikiya Carrero reports from Little Haiti, where she heard from South Florida Haitians after the Trump administration said it would revoke the legal status and work permits of hundreds of thousands of Haitian migrants in early September.
Environmental groups sued to stop construction of "Alligator Alcatraz," a migrant detention facility in the Florida Everglades.
Florida Highway Patrol troopers have also been assigned to man the gates for at least 30 days.
Officials say a Canadian man being held by immigration officials in South Florida has died in federal custody.
A Miami-Dade Commission meeting turned chaotic when deputies dragged out a woman protesting a stalled ICE jail vote.
The state says the site will help relieve overcrowded county jails, but environmental advocates and tribal leaders are pushing back.
DeSantis said he's considering standing up a facility at a Florida National Guard training center known as Camp Blanding, southwest of Jacksonville.
Lawyers for Abrego Garcia and federal prosecutors met in court in Nashville on Wednesday for a hearing to discuss the conditions of his release.
ICE officers detained the wife of a Marine Corps veteran in Louisiana during a routine immigration appointment.
Republican leaders from 17 other states Tuesday filed a brief at the U.S. Supreme Court backing Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier's push to enforce a law targeting undocumented immigrants who enter Florida.
The project is costing an estimated $33 million and is supposed to be completed within a year.
The Trump administration has placed intense pressure on Cuba's communist leadership.
At issue in the cases was who can bring lawsuits in federal court to address potential violations of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
President Trump had accused the Treasury Department and IRS of unlawfully allowing a government contractor to leak his tax returns and those of his sons and company.
It will be breezy and very warm Monday with forecast high temperatures climbing into the upper 80s.
The project is costing an estimated $33 million and is supposed to be completed within a year.
The Trump administration has placed intense pressure on Cuba's communist leadership.
At issue in the cases was who can bring lawsuits in federal court to address potential violations of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
President Trump had accused the Treasury Department and IRS of unlawfully allowing a government contractor to leak his tax returns and those of his sons and company.
It will be breezy and very warm Monday with forecast high temperatures climbing into the upper 80s.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
The Trump administration has placed intense pressure on Cuba's communist leadership.
At issue in the cases was who can bring lawsuits in federal court to address potential violations of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
President Trump had accused the Treasury Department and IRS of unlawfully allowing a government contractor to leak his tax returns and those of his sons and company.
A new generation of civil rights leaders is rallying against efforts to dismantle the Voting Rights Act.
The Senate's rulemaker delivered a blow to GOP plans to fund security for President Trump's overhaul of the East Wing of the White House.
The only remaining roadblock: Miami Dade County Commission Chairman Anthony Rodriguez, who has so far refused to say when – or even if – he will allow the full commission to vote on it.
A group of Miami residents, including historian Marvin Dunn, filed suit last week in federal court to block the transfer of land for the proposed library.
CBS News Miami has confirmed from multiple sources that the Miami Dade State Attorney's office is investigating A3.
State Senator Rosalind Osgood is urging Wasserman Schultz not to run in Florida's 22nd Congressional district.
In an interview on Facing South Florida, Wasserman Schultz said the Governor's efforts to redraw the maps will almost certainly violate the Fair Districts constitutional amendment voters in Florida passed in 2010.
The cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak has docked at the Dutch port of Rotterdam for disinfection, wrapping up a troubled journey that put world health authorities on alert.
At least 80 deaths have been reported in a new Ebola disease outbreak in Congo and Uganda, authorities said.
Dr. Tracy Beth Høeg, leader of the Food and Drug Administration division responsible for regulating prescription and over-the-counter drugs, is leaving her post, a senior FDA official confirmed.
A New York native is among 16 American passengers who are quarantining in Nebraska after being on the cruise ship that is at the center of the deadly hantavirus outbreak.
The head of the World Health Organization says "our work is not over" to contain hantavirus after evacuations from a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak of the illness.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
"Survivor" 48 and 50 contestant Joe Hunter believes his sister Joanna, whose death was ruled a suicide, was murdered. He and their mother are working to be Joanna's voice and advocate for others who have experienced domestic violence.
The Library of Congress revealed this year's list of 25 recordings to be preserved for future generations on the National Recording Registry.
"The Devil Wears Prada 2" edges out "Mortal Kombat II" at the North American box office this weekend.
A trial in the lawsuit between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni was set to begin later in May.
The performance followed similar shows by Madonna in 2024 and Lady Gaga last year on one of the world's most iconic waterfronts.