The contested migrant detention center is the first of its kind in the US, but other states are interested in building similar sites of their own

A US federal judge has ordered the effective closure of “Alligator Alcatraz”, a migrant detention centre in the Florida Everglades. Its name reflects the local wildlife of alligators, crocodiles and pythons that live in the surrounding wetlands.

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.