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'Alligator Alcatraz' Eats Valuable Florida Runway
- Florida is repurposing an airport situated in Collier County, known as "Alligator Alcatraz," into an immigration detention center with a capacity of 5,000 beds.
- The plan follows a federal request to help process undocumented immigrants and reduce overcrowding at county jails for U.S. citizen criminals.
- Construction began June 23 with tents and temporary structures visible, and officials said the site's remoteness offers security and zero Everglades impact.
- DeSantis indicated that Florida’s expenses for the project are expected to be covered by federal funds, while critics expressed worries about potential flight limitations, environmental hazards, and the closure of the runway.
- A second processing center at Camp Blanding near Jacksonville was announced June 25, and protests are planned outside the Dade-Collier site on June 28.
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Miami HeraldFlorida National Guard troops to offer security in ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ starting next week
MIAMI — The Florida National Guard is deploying roughly 100 soldiers next week to help secure Alligator Alcatraz, an immigration detention center deep in the Everglades that is expected to open July 1.
FEMA funding and ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: What to know
“Alligator Alcatraz,” an immigration detention center being built in Florida, will be partly funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Federal officials said the money is from a migrant relief program, not disaster relief funds.
Florida began building this week a detention center nicknamed the “Alcatraz of the Alligators” in the midst of the Everglades wetland to help the Donald Trump administration carry out its program of deportations of undocumented migrants in the United States. The chosen place, an abandoned airfield in the heart of Florida’s natural gem, will host large tents and beds for at least 1,000 migrants, said South State Attorney General James Uthmeier, i…
Gov. Ron DeSantis says 'Alligator Alcatraz' will be 'secure as it gets' and have 'zero impact' on Everglades
Following the recent announcement that an airport located in the Everglades will become a 5,000-bed immigration detention center, there have been questions about the environmental impact on the wetland.Called "Alligator Alcatraz" by state officials, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday during a stop in Boca Raton that the facility, located in Collier County, will have "zero impact" on the Everglades.WATCH BELOW: Gov. DeSantis says 'Alligator Alcatraz…
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