The answer could play a key role in a legal battle over the facility’s fate. And it has bigger implications, too.

A federal judge heard arguments Monday but declined to make an immediate ruling about the legal conditions of detainees at “Alligator Alcatraz.”

A woman was attacked by an 8.5-foot alligator in Naples, Florida. Bites to her arm and leg resulted in broken bones and severe bleeding.

Orlando Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost delivered sharp criticism of the site, describing it as "inhumane" and calling for it to be shut down.

A month into his detention at Alligator Alcatraz, Daniel Ortiz Piñeda faced a stark choice: continue his legal fight for asylum or give it up to hopefully put an end to his extended stay at the makeshift immigration detention camp in the Everglades.

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