Mike Schneider | The Associated Press

The federal government has asked a Miami judge to pause her order to close an immigration detention center in Florida's Everglades, known as "Alligator Alcatraz." Attorneys for the Department of Homeland Security say the closure would disrupt immigration law enforcement. They requested a decision by Monday.

Officials say that the crosswalk, a tribute to the 49 victims who died during the 2016 mass shooting, was painted over overnight.

A federal judge is considering whether detainees have been denied their legal rights at a temporary immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades. This is the second lawsuit challenging practices at the facility known as "Alligator Alcatraz." On Monday, civil rights attorneys in Miami will ask a judge to ensure detainees have confidential access to their lawyers, among other requests.

Federal and state officials in Florida must produce agreements showing which government agency or private contractor has legal authority to detain people or perform immigration officer roles at "Alligator Alcatraz," the immigration detention facility in the Everglades, a federal judge said Monday.

Lawyers seeking a temporary restraining order against an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades say that “Alligator Alcatraz” detainees have been barred from meeting attorneys. They also say that the detainees are being held without any charges and that federal immigration courts have canceled bond hearings. A virtual hearing in federal court in Miami was being held Monday on the lawsuit.

A man charged with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump in South Florida last year was back in court this week, asking a federal judge to let him represent himself. Ryan Routh's court-appointed federal public defenders asked to be taken off the case, saying he had refused repeated attempts to meet with their team.

Florida’s top emergency official says a judge should resist a request by environmentalists to halt an immigration detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz in the middle of the Florida Everglades because it was filed in the wrong jurisdiction. Environmental groups filed a lawsuit in Florida’s southern district last month.

Florida's attorney general has been found to be in civil contempt of a federal judge's order over a new state law making it a misdemeanor for people in the U.S. illegally to enter the state. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams said Tuesday that Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier was unconvincing in his arguments that he didn't flout her injunction putting the law on hold earlier this year.

Authorities can't enforce a new Florida law making it a misdemeanor for people in the U.S. illegally to enter the state while the law is being challenged in court. That's according to two new rulings. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams on Monday denied a request by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier to put on hold her earlier injunction while it is being appealed.

Florida’s child welfare agency has sent a letter to a newspaper telling it to “cease and desist” its reporting on foster families for a story about a nonprofit associated with Gov. Ron DeSantis’ wife. The foundation is the subject of an investigation.

Florida’s attorney general asked federal courts Wednesday to let authorities enforce a new state law making it a misdemeanor for people in the U.S. illegally to enter Florida by eluding immigration officials.

The capybara is a semi-aquatic South American relative of the guinea pig. Curious patrons who want to spend time with them can do so at Capybara Cafe in St. Augustine, Florida.