US EditionDeSantis: ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ will be ‘ready for business’ when Trump visits
- Donald Trump is scheduled to be present Tuesday for the inauguration of the ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ migrant detention center located near Ochopee, Florida, within the Everglades.
- The facility's construction, initiated this week on an abandoned airstrip in Big Cypress National Preserve, is part of an effort to expand detention capacity amid opposition from Native American and environmental groups.
- The detention center can hold up to 5,000 detainees, primarily criminal undocumented immigrants awaiting deportation, and consists mainly of large tents on the former runway.
- Environmental organizations filed lawsuits citing violations of environmental laws and lack of proper assessments, while Native leaders condemn the facility as an encroachment on sacred homelands, with protests planned during Trump's visit.
- The opening highlights tensions over immigration enforcement policies and land protection, as officials vow the project is temporary and will not cause permanent harm to the Everglades ecosystem.
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DeSantis: ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Will Be Ready for Trump Visit
Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday that the detention center for illegal immigrants dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" should be ready by the time President Donald Trump visits the Sunshine State on Tuesday. Florida last week began constructing the lockup at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport, a remote airstrip in the Everglades about 45 miles west of downtown Miami. The 39-square-mile site is surrounded by Everglades National Park…
U.S. President Donald Trump will travel Tuesday to the state of Florida to attend the inauguration of the already controversial ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ (Alcatraz caiman), a new detention center for migrants that has sparked protests over its location in an area of high ecological value, in the middle of one of the nation’s largest wetlands. Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis, announced, on Monday, June 30, the U.S. president’s visit during a press co…
DeSantis: ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ will be ‘ready for business’ when Trump visits
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) touted the state’s new migrant detention facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz” ahead of President Trump’s visit to the state this week, saying it will be open for business. “I think by tomorrow, it’ll be ready for business,” DeSantis said during a press conference in Wildwood, Fla., on Tuesday. DeSantis, who…
'History is repeating': Indigenous neighbor slams ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ ahead of Trump visit
President Donald Trump will visit Floridas newest migrant detention facility on Tuesday, a controversial site located deep in the Everglades that officials have dubbed Alligator Alcatraz.The facility, being built less than half a mile from the home of Maeanna Osceola-Hart and her family, has sparked protests from Indigenous members and environmental groups.WATCH AS 'ALLIGATOR ALGATRAZ' NEARS COMPLETION AT ITS CONTROVERSIAL SITE IN THE EVERGLADES…
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