‘Alligator Alcatraz’: What to know about Florida’s newest immigrant detention center

Published July 2, 2025 9:16am ET



President Donald Trump traveled to a remote area of South Florida to tour the state’s newest immigration detention center, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” on Tuesday, coinciding with the same day the government planned to move its first detainees into the facility.

The facility’s opening comes just weeks after it was proposed by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, aligning with the Trump administration‘s quota for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to arrest 3,000 illegal immigrants per day.

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