Posted on 06/25/2025 5:49:33 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
A convoy of trucks carrying tents, construction materials and portable toilets flows into a virtually abandoned airport in Florida's picturesque Everglades, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
But they're not helping build the region's next big tourist attraction.
Instead they're laying the foundations for a new migrant detention facility, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz".
The facility, in the middle of a Miami swamp, was proposed by state lawmakers to support US President Donald Trump's deportation agenda.
"You don't need to invest that much in the perimeter. If people get out, there's not much waiting for them other than alligators and pythons," explains the state's attorney general, James Uthmeier, a Republican, in a video set to rock music and posted on social media.
The new detention centre is being built on the site of the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport, about 43 miles (70km) from central Miami, in the middle of the Everglades, an ecologically important subtropical wetland.
The airfield where the detention centre will be based is mainly a pilot training runway surrounded by vast swamps.
In the stifling summer heat rife with mosquitoes, we managed to advance only a few metres into the compound when, as expected, a guard in a lorry blocked our way.
We hear sounds coming from a small canal next to the compound. We wonder whether it's fish, snakes, or the hundreds of alligators that roam the wetland.
Although the airstrip belongs to Miami-Dade County, the decision to turn it into a detention centre was made following a 2023 executive order by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, invoking emergency powers to stem the flow of undocumented migrants.
The new centre, which according to authorities will have the capacity to accommodate around 1,000 detainees and will...
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I’d provide them with an outdoor theater where they could watch gay porn videos at night. With no women around why not?
Alcatraz with an airstrip.
Does it have an ILS, and daily flights to Mogadishu, N’Djamena and Djibouti?
The only problem with this place is there’s a road nearby that you could follow west to Naples or East to Miami.
Some parts off the road are walkable. It wouldn’t be fun and you’d better have packed some water, but it’s not Alcatraz level of escape proof.
I think the heat and bugs would be a nice welcome for those turd worlders who shouldn’t be here.
And hopefully soon, direct flights to San Salvador!
Chomp chomp.
Is this where that airplane loaded with passengers crashed into the muck? Is this why they stopped using this airport?
Wonder what the betting odds are for the first victim that escapes, will it be an alligator, or a python that does the stalking? Personally I’d like to see a panther stalk the illegal for a couple days until he ran back to the makeshift prison for safety before deportation. LOL
“I have grave concerns’ - Advocate weighs environmental impact of “Alligator Alcatraz”
…oh STFU you old bag!!
Inland Devil’s Island.😀
IMHO, that place can hold at least 20,000...
To help increase the “self-deportation” numbers, two or three inviting sandy beaches can be created for the inmates’ use...
Having an alligator in each cell is a step too far. /s
No.
Saw Tony White perform that on the John Byner show way back in the 1970s (I think it was on the John Byner show)
My goodness - John Byner is now 86
But American troops have lived in much worse conditions while serving the nation.
Other than making detainees uncomfortable, I don't see anything wrong with tent accommodations.
I'm sure there will be medical facilities available as there should be.
ANOTHER THREAD SAID 5,000 detainees.
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