Groups have filed lawsuits against construction in the highly sensitive environment of the Big Cypress National Preserve.

Five Florida state lawmakers who were denied access to a new immigration detention center in the Everglades are suing Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Ron DeSantis' ambitious plans for a massive detention facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" in the Florida Everglades have sparked controversy, drawing accusations of a possible pay-for-play scheme. The facility,

Gov. Ron DeSantis is pushing back on a new lawsuit filed this week by Florida Democrats related to the recent opening and conditions at "Alligator Alcatraz," an immigrant detention facility in the Everglades.

Floridians, rejoice: there are updates to be shared as Governor DeSantis plans to restore parts of the Florida Everglades.

The detention immigration facility is located in an idle airstrip in the Everglades that the DeSantis administration recently seized from Miami-Dade County using emergency powers.

"The devil is in the details, and we have zero details," said Eve Samples, executive director of the Stuart-based Friends of the Everglades.

Trump’s Everglades Prison Can’t Even Withstand a Routine Rainstorm. Ron DeSantis Wants to Open It Anyway.

"You literally have the president coming down tomorrow to tout what Florida has done," Gov. Ron DeSantis said of the president's visit.

President Trump joined Gov. Ron DeSantis and other leaders for a tour of a migrant detention center in the Everglades.