Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz" Detention Center Closes, Infrastructure Removed
Officials say the site was temporary and had already deported 21,000 people before it was emptied and dismantled.
- On June 25, Florida officially closed Alligator Alcatraz, the state-run immigration detention center in Big Cypress National Preserve, after an 11-month lifespan that processed more than 22,000 detainees.
- Gov. Ron DeSantis and President Donald Trump launched the temporary center in July 2025 to support federal deportation efforts, claiming it fulfilled a critical role despite persistent criticism over conditions.
- The Center for Biological Diversity withdrew its Clean Air Act lawsuit on Monday after satellite imagery showed Florida dismantled generators that allegedly emitted hundreds of tons of toxic gases without proper permits.
- Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava plans to sell the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport to the National Park Service for Florida Everglades restoration, while detainees relocated to facilities nationwide.
- Despite the closure, advocates maintain legal pressure to ensure full environmental remediation and accountability for the administrations of DeSantis and Trump, vowing that legal battles with the state continue.
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Ron DeSantis and Tom Homan Proved Every Democrat Wrong About Alligator Alcatraz
The Left spent the past year calling it cruel, inhumane, and unconstitutional. Now Ron DeSantis is standing in an empty Everglades field where 21,000 illegal aliens used to be waiting to get deported. That field is the answer that proved every Democrat wrong about Alligator Alcatraz. What Alligator Alcatraz Actually Did Democrats filed lawsuit after...
Miami, U.S.A., 15 Jul (EFE).- Relatives of migrants transferred from the closed ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration center to the Federal Detention Center (FDC) in Miami denounced this Wednesday overcrowding and “inhuman” conditions, and demanded that local authorities immediately inspect. According to relatives of the detainees and organizations defending immigrants, gathered at the head of that unit, they keep up to 97 people in cells designed fo…
Did environmentalists give up? Why one Alligator Alcatraz lawsuit was dropped
An environmental group seeking to punish state operators of the “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration lockup for alleged pollution of the Florida Everglades has withdrawn its case, the Center for Biological Diversity announced Monday.
Find out what Alligator Alcatraz looked like after its final closure in Florida, the images that show the dismantling and what will happen to the property.
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