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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rhian Lubin

Trump administration taunts detained migrants with ICE alligators at proposed Florida prison

The Department of Homeland Security taunted detained migrants with an AI-generated meme depicting alligators guarding a proposed Florida prison, what critics called a “horrendous lack of humanity.”

Work has begun on the so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration detention center that’s expected to cost $450 million a year in the heart of Florida’s Everglades.

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