Posted on 06/19/2025 1:31:59 PM PDT by DFG
Illegal migrants could soon be held in a massive new immigration detention center in Florida, which has been dubbed the “Alligator Alcatraz.”
The 39-square-mile plot of land — which is surrounded by alligators and pythons — was offered to the Trump administration by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier.
The “virtually abandoned airport facility” would have the capacity to “house as many as 1,000 criminal aliens,” Uthmeier said in a video sharing his offer with the White House.
He added that it could be up and running within as little as 30 to 60 days.
“Florida’s been leading on immigration enforcement, supporting the Trump administration and ICE’s efforts to detain and deport criminal aliens,” the AG said
“The government tasked state leaders to identify places for new temporary detention facilities.”
“I think this is the best one. As I call it, alligator Alcatraz,” he added.
The massive plot of land offers an “efficient, low-cost opportunity to build a temporary detention facility because you don’t need to invest that much in the perimeter,” which has alligators and pythons “waiting” for anyone who escapes, said Uthmeier.
“Alligator alcatraz, we’re ready to go,” he declared.
ICE migrant detention centers are currently filled to the brim, holding roughly 53,000 illegal migrants under the Trump administration’s latest push, which is beyond what is funded by Congress.
As a result, the agency is burning through its budget at a breakneck pace — with ICE already $1 billion over budget, Axios reported Monday.
Congress funded roughly 41,500 ICE detention beds at a cost of roughly $3.4 billion in fiscal year 2024, according to the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
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Perfect idea.
I prefer "Alligator Feed" and "Wrestles with Pythons"! LOL
great idea. hope someone in the DHS is listening.
Make them stand in line for 3 hours to enjoy a 45-second ride. That will break them like it did so many parents.
Alright everybody, repeat after me:
GO GATORS!!!!! :^)
It’s not the alligators and snakes you need to worry about here, it’s the humidity and the godawful mosquitos and yellow deer flies.
And NO A/C PLEASE!
Florida Prisons: 9 months bitching about no AC
Florida Prisons: 3 months biching about no Heat
I can’t wait until the first Tren de Aragua scumbag decides to try and “test the waters” escaping through the swamp. Nom, nom, nom. lol
Polk Salad Annie
“””A win for us and a win for the gators and pythons.””
I’m animal lover. Gators gotta eat, too.
Me like!
Should have named it Cloud Palm Beach. That way no idiot judge would object to the move. Issue them beach wear and coupons for pina colladas( with special coal sauce)
39 square miles and only 1000 criminal alien beds?
Ask the Florida National Guard MPs to build a EPW level tent facility. You could put over 100,000 on that much land in military fashion. MPs are trained specifically for the EPW or in this case enemy combatant mission it’s one of the five primary missions of the MP Corps it’s part of their DNA so to speak.
Gator lives matter
Some Americans still have that problem-solving, “Can do!” spirit!
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