A priest will hold mass outside the controversial Everglades detention center on Saturday morning. Follow for live updates from 'Alligator Alcatraz.'

For much of July, Pedro Lorenzo Concepción was held at Alligator Alcatraz along with dozens of other Cuban nationals in a detention camp billed as a last stop for immigrants slated for deportation — an unnerving situation for someone whose repatriation had already been rejected by the Cuban government.

Florida is preparing to open another illegal immigrant detention facility following the recent establishment of "Alligator Alcatraz."

With Alligator Alcatraz running in the Everglades, the governor will turn an underused state prison into a second facility for those awaiting deportation.

Sarasota County sheriff's deputies who have received training from U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement have been posted to Alligator Alcatraz.

Florida’s attorney general welcomed judges overseeing Alligator Alcatraz cases to visit the detention center. One of them wants to take him up on it.

A federal judge is deciding whether to close or keep open a detention site in the Everglades, which environmentalists and the Miccosukee Tribe claim violates the National Environmental Policy Act and threatens endangered species and tribal homelands.

The state plans to spend up to $6 million to stand up Baker Correctional Institution to hold more than 1,300 people awaiting deportation.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced plans to open a second immigration detention center, dubbed “Deportation Depot,” as a step to expand the state’s capacity to hold and deport undocumented immigrants.

Immigration attorneys and advocates are raising concerns about what they say are inhumane conditions at the "Alligator Alcatraz" migrant detention center.