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Trump To Visit 'Alligator Alcatraz' Migrant Detention Center This Week Amid Deportation Push: Report

President Donald Trump is expected to attend on Tuesday the opening of a temporary migrant detention facility in Florida’s Everglades, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.”

Benzinga · Jul 1, 2025

White House Touting New 'Alligator Alcatraz' Detention Center Draws 'Concentration Camp' Comparisons: 'We Are Barbaric'

The White House revealed that President Donald Trump will be visiting the new undocumented migrant detention center this week, also known as "Alligator Alcatraz", located in Southern Florida.

Latin Times · Jun 30, 2025

Trump flying down to open Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center Tuesday

White House confirmed the president and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem will christen controversial migrant lockup

The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2025

Is ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention centre funded by Florida hurricane money?

Government will allocate some FEMA funds to the facility, but will not use disaster relief money.

Al Jazeera · Jun 27, 2025

Native leaders blast construction of Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' on land they call sacred

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is racing ahead with construction of a makeshift immigration detention facility at an airstrip in the Everglades over the opposition of Native American leaders who consider the area their sacred ancestral homelands

The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2025

Stephen Colbert on Ice: ‘Constantly devising new terrible ways to treat immigrants’

Late-night hosts spoke about Trump swearing in front of press and expressed shock over plans for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ in Florida

The Guardian - US · Jun 25, 2025

‘Nowhere to go, nowhere to hide’: Florida builds ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ in Everglades for migrant detention

...that is worse than prisons for mass murderers

We Got This Covered · Jun 24, 2025

Trump Administration Will Help Fund Florida's $450 Million 'Alligator Alcatraz' and Other Migrant Detention Facilities

The Florida attorney general stated that the facilities will add 5,000 beds and be operational as early as the first week of July.

Reason · Jun 24, 2025

‘Alligator Alcatraz’ migrant camp will cost $450m per year to run

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The Independent UK · Jun 24, 2025

Florida Proposes 'Alligator Alcatraz' to House Detained Migrants and Speed Up Deportations

Florida's attorney general proposed using a 30-square-mile part of the Everglades to house, process, and deport detained migrants.

Reason · Jun 20, 2025