The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida is seeking to join a federal lawsuit aimed at halting the construction and operation of a new immigration detention facility in the Everglades, which tribal members consider their sacred ancestral homelands.

Neither President Donald Trump nor Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis can legally create a new system of immigration judges outside of the one established by Congress.

There may or may not be a stretch of pavement in the Everglades that exposes an alleged lie about Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” detention camp.

A tribal leader told Newsweek that he and members in the Big Cypress National Preserve of Florida, which is adjacent to the state's Alligator Alcatraz migrant detention center, are seeking legal remedies against officials because environmental efforts are taking "a huge step backward."

The group has received reports this week that detainees from the island have been sent to the Florida facility and allege "rights violations and dehumanizing treatment" there.

The state’s emergency rules allow Gov. Ron DeSantis to suspend state laws and a competitive bidding process to award millions of dollars from an account he alone controls.

At least five Republican governors are reportedly considering building large-scale immigration detention centers modeled after Florida’s