Video shows speedy construction of ‘Alligator Alcatraz' as detention center nears completion
Headline from NBC 6 South Florida, on the newest of 2 developments
What has been dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” the state-built migrant processing center in the Everglades, seems to be almost complete.
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Florida’s bid to be on the front lines of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation plans has taken a swampy turn. The state, with approval from the Department of Homeland Security, started this week to build a temporary detention center in the Florida Everglades for undocumented immigrants arrested…
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says new immigration detention centers in Florida will be largely funded by FEMA's shelter and services program.
By Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — In the interest of carrying out more of President Donald Trump’s promised mass deportations, officials in Florida this week started construction on a migrant detention facility they’re billing as “efficient” and “low-cost” – because mother nature will provide much of the …
Por Karina Tsui Con el objetivo de llevar a cabo más deportaciones masivas prometidas por el presidente Donald Trump, funcionarios de Florida comenzaron esta semana la construcción de un centro de detención de inmigrantes que presentan como “eficiente” y “de bajo costo”, porque la madre naturaleza p…
The DeSantis administration on Monday began building an immigration detention center on an airstrip in the Everglades where people will be housed in trailers and “heavy duty” tents during the height of summer.
Florida's attorney general says the facility is on track to open in early July, at a little-used airfield in the Everglades. Environmental activists hope they can repeat history and stop the project.
The facility, located at an isolated Everglades airfield surrounded by mosquito-, python- and alligator-filled swamplands, is just days away from being operational.
Florida officials are pursuing plans to build a second detention center to house immigrants, as part of the state’s aggressive push to support the federal government’s crackdown on illegal immigration.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida officials are pursuing plans to build a second detention center to house immigrants, as part of the state’s aggressive push to support the federal government’s crackdown on illegal immigration. Republican Gov.
Florida has begun building a migrant detention facility in the Everglades, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” where officials say the surrounding nature will serve as a low-cost security system.
Florida is building a new immigration detention center in the Everglades region. The Federal Emergency Management Agency will partly fund “Alligator Alcatraz,” but federal officials said the funding comes from a migrant relief program separate from disaster relief funds.
