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‘Alligator Alcatraz’: What to know about Florida’s new controversial migrant detention facility
- On July 1, 2025, President Donald Trump visited the Alligator Alcatraz migrant detention facility located at a remote airstrip in the Florida Everglades within the Big Cypress National Preserve area.
- The facility was swiftly built amid the Trump administration's effort to increase deportations, with Governor DeSantis seizing the site and critics filing lawsuits to halt construction on environmental and legal grounds.
- Alligator Alcatraz features up to 5,000 beds, 30-foot walls, razor wire, armed guards, and utilizes its remote Everglades location to enhance security, with an initial operational capacity of 500 to 1,000 detainees in tents and trailers.
- Trump referred to the center as a cost-effective and efficient model for future detention sites, humorously remarking that detainees would need to learn how to evade alligators to escape, while officials highlighted that it will house some of the most dangerous migrants.
- The center has sparked protests led by environmentalists, indigenous groups, and activists opposing its location and ethics, while supporters see it as fulfilling stricter immigration enforcement amid ongoing deportation plans.
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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…
ThePatriotLight - Democrats Are Freaking Out About 'Alligator Alcatraz' – PJ Media
ThePatriotLight - House Democrats are in full meltdown mode over the Trump administration’s latest move to get serious about border enforcement. The new detention facility, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” has opened its doors deep in the Florida Everglades, and now the same party that didn’t want Trump deporting criminal illegal aliens has declared that they don’t want him detaining them either. Twenty-four House Democrats, led by Reps. Janelle By…
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