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Noem: ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ to Serve as Model for Detention Centers Nationwide

FLORIDA EVERGLADES, AUG 4 – Kristi Noem plans to expand state-run detention centers using $45 billion in ICE funding to increase bed capacity and improve deportation efficiency under Trump’s immigration policies.

  • On August 03, 2025, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem hailed Alligator Alcatraz at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport as a model for state-run detention centers.
  • Using funding from President Trump's bill, Noem proposed expanding state-based ICE facilities tapping into a $45 billion pool signed last month.
  • Built 45 miles west of Miami, the facility can hold 3,000 detainees and costs roughly $450 million in its first year, according to DHS officials.
  • Last week, a U.S. district judge ordered officials to disclose management details as the Miccosukee Tribe and environmental groups sued over rights and land issues.
  • Noem said she aims to launch similar detention centers in the coming months in Arizona, Nebraska, and Louisiana, with 'most of them interested.
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Will Nebraska be home to the next ‘Alligator Alcatraz?’

Nebraska reportedly is being considered as a home to one of the federally funded migrant detention centers that U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem hopes to launch across the country.

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Florida prepares to build a 2nd immigration detention center to join ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

Florida prepares to build a 2nd immigration detention center to join ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

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Political Wire broke the news in New York, United States on Monday, August 4, 2025.
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