FEMA will send states $608 million to erect migrant detention camps

Published July 25, 2025 11:06pm ET



If states want to open their version of “Alligator Alcatraz,” the government will pay for its construction.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Friday that it is starting a “detention support grant programto give states money to build temporary immigration detention centers.

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