Some people detained at the facility have violent criminal histories. But data and news reports about the first month’s arrivals show the majority of Alligator Alcatraz’s detainees do not have U.S. criminal convictions.

ICE detention standards are difficult to enforce because they aren’t written into law. Rather than follow a uniform standard, detention centers operate under a patchwork of different standards.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis provided no materials explaining how he concluded Alligator Alcatraz has "zero impact." Environmental groups filed a lawsuit for failing to conduct an environmental assessment.

President Donald Trump has said the policy bill he signed into law July 4 fulfills his campaign promise to end older Americans' taxes on Social Security. Politifact and WLRN analyze the remark.

President Donald Trump toured Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz migrant detention facility in the Everglades ahead of its first expected detainees. Here is a fact-check of some of Trump’s remarks.

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott of Florida criticized New York’s Medicaid program, saying it gets far more from the federal government than his home state and needs to stop covering undocumented immigrants and adults without chronic illness.

Ahead of protests across Florida this weekend, Gov. Ron DeSantis made clear that he sided with law enforcement over any protesters who become violent against people or property. A law passed in 2021 generally toughens the state’s criminal treatment of protests — but it does not mean drivers can run over protesters without consequences.

Responding to charges that President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill would cut Medicaid coverage for millions of Americans, Trump administration officials misleadingly counter that it targets only waste, fraud and abuse.

So far in 2025, Canadian travel bookings to Florida airports are down. The estimated decrease varies depending on the information source.

During the ABC News interview that aired April 29, Trump referred to an image he shared on Truth Social on April 18 showing what he said was Abrego Garcia’s tattoos. Experts in MS-13 and other gangs say the pictorial tattoos shown are not typical designs for MS-13 or other gangs.