Florida, Alligator and migrant detention
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Dozens of trucks carrying supplies could be seen going in and out of the facility on Saturday as protesters waved their signs towards them.
ICE received additional funding from President Trump's "big, beautiful bill," and Alligator Alcatraz began operating.
The plan to build an immigration detention facility at Camp Blanding in Clay County is meeting with community pushback on the heels of the opening of Alligator Alcatraz in the Florida Everglades.
Protesters gathered at Miami's Torch of Friendship to rally against Trump on Independence Day. Credit: Removal Coalition/ Jessica Denson via YouTube.
Florida’s attorney general announced that construction of the jail in the Big Cypress National Preserve had begun.
President Donald Trump is planning to visit a new immigration detention center in the Everglades on Tuesday, when the facility is expected to open and
Hundreds protest Florida's new immigration detention facility in the Everglades, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," as Gov. DeSantis says it will open Tuesday.
Carved from the Big Cypress National Preserve, the new migrant detention facility called Alligator Alcatraz is now open for business
Environmental advocates and protesters at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport on Tamiami Trail E, Ochopee, Fla., on Saturday, June 28, 2025, object to the “Alligator Alcatraz ...