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 ...

William Osceola, Miccosukee Business Council secretary, joins ABC News’ Linsey Davis to discuss how a migrant detention center could impact the reservation and restoration efforts in the Everglades.

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 site ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

The Miccosukee people's access to the Big Cypress National Preserve — a vital part of the Everglades, the tribe's ancestral lands and home to traditional villages — was in jeopardy.