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‘Alligator Alcatraz’: What to know about Florida’s new controversial migrant detention facility
FLORIDA, JUL 2 – The facility, designed to hold up to 5,000 criminal illegal aliens, aims to ease overcrowding at border centers operating over 109% capacity, officials said.
- On July 1, 2025, President Donald Trump toured a temporary migrant detention facility under construction in the Everglades region of Florida.
- The facility arose from the Trump administration's effort to expand detention capacities amid plans for the largest mass deportation in U.S. history.
- Alligator Alcatraz sits on a remote, mostly abandoned airstrip in Big Cypress National Preserve, offering 500 to 1,000 beds initially, with plans for up to 5,000 detainees.
- Trump called the center an "efficient, low-cost opportunity" and a "blueprint for detention facilities across the country," while critics highlighted ethical, environmental, and human rights concerns.
- The center’s opening intensifies immigration enforcement but faces lawsuits, protests led by environmentalists and Native Americans, and concerns over migrant treatment and indigenous land protection.
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‘Cartoonish:’ Pushback on Everglades detention center extends to ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ name
Screenshot of AI-generated image posted on the official White House X account on July 1, 2025, promoting the "Alligator Alcatraz" name given to the immigrant detention center in the Everglades. Florida is moving to solidify its renaming of the training airport where the 3,000-person capacity detention center in the Everglades is located to “Alligator Alcatraz.” Workers covered the sign at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport Wednesda…
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