'Alligator Alcatraz': What to Know about Florida's New Controversial Migrant Detention Facility
Date:  07-02-2025

Critics cite environmental concerns, poor conditions for migrants detained in tents during hot Florida temperatures in hurricane season, and the detention facility built on sacred grounds of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida
From CNN:

Deep in the marshy wetlands of the Florida Everglades – less than 50 miles west of President Donald Trump’s resort in Miami – sits the latest battleground in his administration’s immigration enforcement efforts: A makeshift detention facility dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.”

In a matter of days, workers have transformed the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport from an 11,000-foot runway into a temporary tent city that Trump toured on Tuesday.

When completed, it will be able to house up to 3,000 migrants with the ability to add more capacity, an official said Tuesday. Continue reading here.