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The state of Florida has opened a migrant detention center in the Everglades. Its official name is Alligator Alcatraz, a reference to the former maximum security federal penitentiary in San Francisco Bay. While touring Alligator Alcatraz on July 1, 2025, President Donald Trump said, “This facility will house some of the menacing migrants, some of the most vicious people on …

Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) is sounding the alarm over what he calls the “horrible” conditions at Florida’s new immigrant detention center, which members of President Donald Trump’s administration have callously promoted and dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.” Frost and other state lawmakers were given a guided tour Saturday. Last week, they were denied access to the facility, leading them to sue Republican …

The first detainees have started arriving at Alligator Alcatraz, Florida’s immigrant detention center in the Everglades. The facility went up on a former airstrip in eight days and will have an initial capacity of 3,000 detainees. Florida’s Republican state Atty. Gen. James Uthmeier, the driving force behind the project, posted on X recently that the center “will be checking in …

The notorious new “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration jail in the Florida Everglades contains hundreds of detainees with no criminal records or charges, it was disclosed on Sunday, as lawmakers decried “inhumane” conditions inside after touring the facility. Donald Trump has insisted that the remote camp in swamp land populated by pythons and alligators was reserved for immigrants who were “deranged psychopaths” …

Some Alligator Alcatraz detainees have no criminal record, list shows  Tampa Bay Times Florida lawmakers allowed into ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ say detainees packed into cages  CNN Lawmakers tour Florida’s new detention center in the Everglades  The Washington Post Republicans and Democrats visited ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ for the first time. Here’s what they saw.  Politico Florida officials deny accusations of inhumane conditions at Alligator Alcatraz  CBS News Source …

Exclusive: Hundreds at Alligator Alcatraz have no criminal charges, Miami Herald learns  Miami Herald Florida lawmakers allowed into ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ say detainees packed into cages  CNN Lawmakers tour Florida’s new detention center in the Everglades  The Washington Post Republicans and Democrats visited ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ for the first time. Here’s what they saw.  Politico Florida officials deny accusations of inhumane conditions at Alligator Alcatraz  CBS News …

Who’s in Alligator Alcatraz? Search our list of detainees.  Tampa Bay Times Florida lawmakers allowed into ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ say detainees packed into cages  CNN Republicans and Democrats visited ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ for the first time. Here’s what they saw.  Politico Lawmakers decry ‘horrific’ conditions at Alligator Alcatraz after not-so-surprise tour  KOMO Florida lawmakers visit Alligator Alcatraz for the first time after weeks of being denied …

Noem defends conditions at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention facility  The Hill Trump officials deflect from “Alligator Alcatraz” scrutiny by pointing fingers at Biden  Axios Homeland Security’s Noem says in talks with five Republican-led states to build detention site  Reuters Five States in Talks for Detention Centers Like ‘Alligator Alcatraz’—Noem  Newsweek Kristi Noem touts Alligator Alcatraz, immigration arrests in Tampa  Tampa Bay Times Source link

OCHOPEE, Fla. — Democratic lawmakers condemned Florida’s new Everglades immigration detention center after visiting Saturday, describing it as crowded, unsanitary and bug-infested. Republicans on the same tour said they saw nothing of the sort at the remote facility that officials have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.” The state-arranged tour came after some Democrats were blocked earlier from viewing the 3,000-bed detention center …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Deep in the hazardous and ecologically fragile Everglades, hundreds of migrants are confined in cages in a makeshift tent detention facility Florida’s Republican governor calls “safe and secure” and Democratic lawmakers call “inhumane.” Two days after filing a lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for being “unlawfully denied entry” to inspect conditions at the facility dubbed …