What they’re trying to do, at the end of the day, is pretend like this facility is not governed by federal law,” said one attorney.

Deportation flights have commenced from the controversial immigration detention facility in South Florida, nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz,” as state officials brace for a surge in immigration arrests.Florida Governor Ron DeSantis,

Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference Friday at the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’

Gov. Ron DeSantis said hundreds of immigration detainees had departed a state-run detention center in the Everglades on planes, some for federal facilities, and others out of the country.

The Mayor of Miami-Dade County is once again demanding access to Alligator Alcatraz, the immigrant detention center in the Everglades that was rapidly built on property seized from the county.

Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava is demanding access and oversight authority at the controversial Alligator Alcatraz detention facility in the Everglades, citing health, safety, legal and environmental concerns surrounding the state-run compound built on county-owned land.