Five Democratic lawmakers filed the lawsuit in July after they made an unannounced visit to the facility in the Florida Everglades and were denied access.

A federal judge in Florida wants civil rights attorneys and lawyers for the U.S. and Florida to hammer out a settlement in a ...

The state says the legislators don't have a right to visit the controversial immigrant-detention center in the Everglades.

Several people on Monday were released from jail after being arrested during a protest outside of the Krome Detention Center over the weekend.

In her talk, Pastor Neddy Astudillo of Tampa used examples from Florida to describe how environmental racism, human rights, ...

Five lawmakers filed the lawsuit in July after they made an unannounced visit to the facility dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” but ...

Decker, who was on assignment for three news outlets, was covering a protest action by Sunshine Movement, which saw many of ...

Eve Samples, executive director of Friends of the Everglades, is leading a fight against a new detainment center in the Big Cypress National Preserve. The group, along with the Center for Biological ...

Matthew Schwartz is a 72-year-old environmental advocate who founded the South Florida Wild Lands Association. He developed a love for wilderness areas like Big Cypress National Preserve after moving ...

Environmental groups’ request that a federal court shutter the “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center was paused Wednesday because of the government shutdown. Led by the non-profit Friends of the ...