FLORIDA – Amid battles about the detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” the Trump administration has awarded $608 million to Florida for the state’s immigrant-detention efforts, a U.S.

Florida officials received a hefty lump sum of cash from the federal government Tuesday to cover the cost of the Everglades immigration detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.” As reported first ...

Oscar Javier Vazquez was sentenced to two years in TDCJ. He was accused of having sexual intercourse with an inmate. Court documents said the inmate received a vape in return. CONROE, Texas - A ...

Florida gets $608M from Trump administration for immigration detention efforts The funds came from $150 billion Congress funneled to the Federal Emergency Management Agency this year to assist with ...

Federal officials on Friday confirmed Florida has been approved for a $608 million reimbursement for the costs of building and running an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, ...

A youth development specialist at a Brooklyn juvenile detention center will spend a year and a day behind bars for smuggling in contraband — including a crushed-up prescription painkiller that caused ...

MIAMI— The state of Florida has been awarded $608 million in reimbursement funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for building and running mass detention centers, including the sprawling ...

Two days after faith leaders had a prayer vigil for detained migrants outside the Miami Correctional Facility, the prison received the first 15 detainees from the U.S. Immigration and Customs ...