US Edition'Alligator Alcatraz' Eats Valuable Florida Runway
- Florida is constructing a migrant processing center named 'Alligator Alcatraz' in the Everglades, capable of holding up to 5,000 migrants.
- Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced that the facility will be funded in part by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, raising concerns about hurricane relief funds.
- Opponents, including Betty Osceola of the Miccosukee Tribe, express concerns about environmental impact and safety risks associated with the center.
- The facility's estimated cost is $450 million.
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Miami HeraldFlorida National Guard troops to offer security in ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ starting next week
MIAMI — The Florida National Guard is deploying roughly 100 soldiers next week to help secure Alligator Alcatraz, an immigration detention center deep in the Everglades that is expected to open July 1.
'Alligator Alcatraz' eats valuable Florida runway
An airport with a 10,499-foot runway in the middle of the Florida Everglades has been closed to the public as the state establishes a temporary detention facility in support of federal immigration policies. The airport previously served as an important resource for flight training in a state long established as one of the most prolific producers of airline pilots in the country.
FEMA funding and ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: What to know
“Alligator Alcatraz,” an immigration detention center being built in Florida, will be partly funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Federal officials said the money is from a migrant relief program, not disaster relief funds.
Florida began building this week a detention center nicknamed the “Alcatraz of the Alligators” in the midst of the Everglades wetland to help the Donald Trump administration carry out its program of deportations of undocumented migrants in the United States. The chosen place, an abandoned airfield in the heart of Florida’s natural gem, will host large tents and beds for at least 1,000 migrants, said South State Attorney General James Uthmeier, i…
Florida plans 'Alligator Alcatraz' migrant detention centre
Florida on Tuesday started construction of a temporary migrant detention facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" due to its remote location in the Everglades, a vast subtropical wetland teeming with alligators, crocodiles and pythons.
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