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Florida state rep: Trump building ‘modern-day concentration camps’

FLORIDA, JUL 2 – The Everglades facility, called "Alligator Alcatraz," can hold up to 5,000 migrants awaiting deportation, drawing criticism for its remote location and inhumane conditions, Rep. Nixon said.

  • On July 2, Florida State Representative Angie Nixon accused President Donald Trump of establishing "modern-day concentration camps" in Florida, criticizing the recently inaugurated immigrant detention facility located in the Everglades known as Alligator Alcatraz.
  • Nixon criticized the facilities as efforts to disappear people from communities and called the plans unconstitutional, while Trump and Governor DeSantis say the centers are necessary for immigration enforcement.
  • The Alligator Alcatraz center can hold up to 5,000 migrants awaiting deportation, and a similar ICE detention facility planned at Camp Blanding near Starke aims to house 2,000 detainees with construction expected soon.
  • Trump stated the Everglades facility will hold 'some of the most menacing migrants,' and DeSantis urged other conservative states to adopt similar detention efforts to increase deportations.
  • Nixon condemned the projects as inhumane and a misuse of taxpayer money, warning they solidify a blueprint of 'barbed wire and broken families' and represent a threat to American values.
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Democrat denounces president for building “modern concentration camps” disguised as immigration temporary detention centers

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The Florida Times-Union broke the news in Jacksonville, United States on Wednesday, July 2, 2025.
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