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.

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

A group of congressional Democrats is pushing officials at the DHS for more information about the use of the immigration detention facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz."

A federal judge is considering whether the construction of a makeshift immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades, known as "Alligator Alcatraz," violates environmental laws.

On Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost held a press conference outside the Everglades detention center in Florida dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” ahead of a state-approved tour of the facility.

Democratic lawmakers are seeking more information from the Department of Homeland Security about the Trump administration’s partnership with Florida to create a migrant detention facility in