The brainchild of Attorney General James Uthmeier and dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," the prison, Uthmeier said, would be built in the middle of nowhere.

Cited concerns included light pollution, saying the bright lights from the facility are diminishing the internationally ...

President Donald Trump traveled to Florida on Tuesday to attend the opening of a new migrant detention center being built in ...

A planned prison for "dangerous criminal immigrants" in the Everglades, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," is facing opposition from environmental groups and the Miccosukee Tribe. The proposed prison ...

A planned prison for "dangerous criminal immigrants" in the Everglades, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," is facing opposition from environmental groups and the Miccosukee Tribe. The proposed prison site ...

For centuries, the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida has called the Everglades home Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences.

Islands deep in the Everglades protected the Miccosukee and other Native Americans from U.S. troops during the Seminole Wars of the 1800s. Today, visitors can take Native-led tours of the islands.

Miccosukee Tribal elder Michael Frank speaks to members of a task force that brings together federal, state, tribal and local agencies working to restore and protect the Florida Everglades, on a ...