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Florida attorney general pitches ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ to hold migrants
- Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier proposed building a large migrant detention center at the abandoned Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in the Everglades.
- This proposal follows Governor Ron DeSantis directing state leaders to identify sites for temporary detention facilities amid a statewide immigration crackdown.
- Uthmeier said the facility would use the airport's existing 10,500-foot runway to detain, process, and deport migrants and could hold roughly 1,000 people in temporary structures.
- He indicated the location is ideal since limited perimeter security investment is required because of the surrounding Everglades, and mentioned the facility could become functional between one to two months after construction starts.
- The facility aims to ease overcrowding in county jails and advance President Trump's mass deportation agenda, though no formal plans or broad official support have yet been confirmed.
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An Alcatraz in the Florida swamps, surrounded by alligators, to hold migrants. That's what Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is proposing. "Alligator Alcatraz: A one-stop shop for implementing President Trump's deportation agenda," he writes on X.
Florida Offers ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ To House Illegal Aliens
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier posted a video offering a facility for temporary housing for illegal aliens. Uthmeier calls the location “Alligator Alcatraz” due to its location in the Everglades.In the video posted Thursday, Uthmeier exhibits the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport, located about 50 miles west of Miami in the Florida Everglades. Uthmeier described the location as, “an old, virtually abandoned airport facility r…
Florida Planning To Build “ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ” To Detain Illegals * 100PercentFedUp.com * by Noah
What if Florida's new immigration plan included a unique detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz”? Discover how this wild proposal aims to leverage the state's natural landscape for a bold approach to immigration enforcement. Read more to find out!
Florida AG pitches ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration detention center
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier wants to set up an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades he is calling “Alligator Alcatraz.” Uthmeier touted his proposal for a 1,000-bed facility as “the one-stop shop to carry out President Trump’s mass deportation agenda.” It would be positioned on a “virtually abandoned” airstrip surrounded by wetlands, he said. “People get out, there’s not much waiting for them other than alligators a…
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier pitches 'Alligator Alcatraz' immigration detention center for old airport site in the Everglades.
'Alligator Alcatraz': Abandoned Everglades airport may soon house migrants
An abandoned airport in the middle of Florida's Everglades could soon become a facility to house undocumented immigrants. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said in a video posted on X that the 39-acre plot of land could house as many as 1,000 immigrants within the next two months. He dubbed th...
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