A federal judge ruled that President Donald Trump’s prized “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center must close, striking a blow to the administration’s mass deportation efforts. The center was thrown together in just eight days on an abandoned airstrip in the middle of the Florida Everglades and has been rocked by allegations of abuse,

An order from a federal judge to begin closing down Alligator Alcatraz in Florida has been appealed by the state. “The deportations will continue until morale improves,” said Alex Lanfranconi, a spokesman for second-term Republican Gov.

The findings raise questions about the DeSantis administration’s vetting of the companies that received Alligator Alcatraz contracts.

A detainee with an intellectual disability claims he was deported from the controversial Alligator Alcatraz detention facility after signing what he thought was a form for a blanket.

The answer could play a key role in a legal battle over the facility’s fate. And it has bigger implications, too.

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