Within 60 days, the facility must also remove “all generators, gas, sewage, and other waste and waste receptacles,” which calls into question how it would operate.

A federal judge in Miami gave the state of Florida 60 days to clear out the immigrant detention facility called Alligator Alcatraz, handing environmentalists and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians a win after they clashed with Gov.

"This ruling is a step forward, but the struggle for justice continues," said the Orlando lawmaker who has toured the detention center in the Everglades twice to inspect conditions of immigrants being detained.

A wildfire broke out Tuesday evening near Alligator Alley in the US state of Florida. Firefighters and authorities are working to bring the situation in the Everglades under control. Thick smoke is significantly worsening the air quality in the area.

Other ICE detention centers like Alligator Alcatraz have been under consideration for other locations, including in North Florida, Indiana and Nebraska.

This is a landmark victory for the Everglades and countless Americans who believe this imperiled wilderness should be protected, not exploited,” said Eve Samples, executive director of Friends of the Everglades,

A hiker has been hospitalized after an alligator attacked and bit her on a Florida hiking trail, authorities say. The woman, who has not been identified, was hiking on the Bird Rookery Swamp Trail in Collier County, between Naples and Fort Myers, when the incident took place on Sunday, August 17.

A baby alligator found itself in the wrong kind of swamp this week when Alachua County Sheriff's deputies were called to an apartment complex in Gainesville, Florida. On Tuesday morning, Deputies E. Miller and J.