US EditionCritics Have an Even More Controversial Nickname for ICE’s Everglades Detention Facility: ‘Alligator Auschwitz’
FLORIDA EVERGLADES, JUL 8 – The facility holds up to 3,000 undocumented immigrants, including those with criminal records, and aims to strengthen immigration enforcement and deportation efforts in Florida.
- Florida opened a temporary immigrant detention facility named 'Alligator Alcatraz' on a repurposed airstrip in the Everglades in early July 2025.
- The facility was quickly constructed following state policy updates mandating local jail cooperation with ICE and a June 18 agreement empowering county staff to detain and transport migrants.
- The location spans a former airport surrounded by barbed wire, staffed by hundreds, and can hold up to 3,000 detainees including children, amid protests and criticism about migrant treatment and environmental impact.
- Critics use names like 'Alligator Auschwitz' to highlight harsh conditions, while experts like Andrea Pitzer label it a concentration camp by definition, though some Jewish groups and leaders caution against Holocaust comparisons.
- The facility's opening intensified debates over immigration policy, with state officials defending its necessity and opponents warning of human rights concerns and moral implications.
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arcamax.comMiami-Dade agrees to transport ICE detainees from local jails to deportation centers
MIAMI — Miami-Dade County’s jail system has agreed to drive local immigration detainees to federal detention centers — an arrangement that could include trips to the state-run facility in the Everglades branded as “Alligator Alcatraz.”
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‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detainees Reveal Cruel Prison Conditions, Social Media Rips Facility
For the first time, detainees at the infamous, makeshift immigration detention facility that’s earned the dubious nickname “Alligator Alcatraz” are talking about their experiences inside the facility. “Leamsy Izquierdo, also known as Leamsy La Figura, a self-described Cuban urban artist, was arrested for a violent incident and has been at the detention center out in the Everglades since Friday,” NBC Miami reports. “There is no water here to bath…
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Miami-Dade County mayor seeks oversight of Everglades immigrant detention center
In an aerial view from a helicopter, Florida's new migrant detention center is seen located at the site of the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport on July 4, 2025, in Ochopee, Florida. (Photo by Alon Skuy/Getty Images)Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava wants the state to give the county monitoring authority over the new Everglades immigrant detention center. The mayor cited in a Tuesday letter to the state’s top legal officer …
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