Alligator Alcatraz

The order, issued Monday, is part of a civil rights lawsuit claiming detainees' rights are being violated.

The first Catholic Mass was celebrated at the immigrant detention center and church officials are permitted by corrections officials to provide Catholic ministry and pastoral care moving forward.

One month after President Donald Trump toured "Alligator Alcatraz" and the first inmates arrived, WLRN has compiled a timetable of events and stories leading up to the facility's construction and the controversies it has courted since it opened in the Everglades.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said every person held at Florida's Alligator Alcatraz immigration detention facility has been issued a final order saying they must be deported. Lawyers say he's wrong.

Any decision by the judge could influence another lawsuit over the center brought by civil rights groups.

During a press briefing Friday, Florida officials said their team has contingency plans in the event a major storm strikes.

Attorneys say that the detainees are being held without any charges and that federal immigration courts have canceled bond hearings.

Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity filed a federal lawsuit to halt the project until it undergoes a stringent environmental review.

In a letter to the Florida Division of Emergency Management on Friday, Mayor Daniella Levine Cava cited concerns over "troubling" conditions at the site and stressed that Miami-Dade officials are entitled to access since the land is county-owned.

Gov. Ron. DeSantis said the state is looking forward to increasing the flights, which are being conducted by DHS and have removed about 100 detainees over the past few days.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is pressing the Trump administration to repatriate 14 Mexican nationals being held at "Alligator Alcatraz," the controversial immigration detention center in the Everglades.

The "dangerous and unlawful conditions" inside the center pose serious health implications for hundreds of detainees, says a group of health professionals and immigrant advocates.