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DHS has begun flying migrants out of Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz,' DeSantis announces: DeSantis said Homeland Security's cadence of flights out of South Florida immigrant detention center is increasing
Fox News ^ | Updated July 25, 2025 11:35am EDT | Greg Norman, Fox News’ Danamarie McNicholl, Emma Colton and Mara Robles contributed.

Posted on 07/28/2025 11:00:06 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com

"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that Homeland Security has started flying migrants out of the "Alligator Alcatraz" detention facility.

"I'm pleased to report that those flights out of Alligator Alcatraz by DHS have begun. The cadence is increasing. We've already had a number of flights, in the last few days, we've had hundreds of illegals [that] have been removed from here," DeSantis said Friday while speaking in South Florida.

When asked for the exact number of deportations and where the planes were heading to, Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin delivered a one-line statement to Fox News Digital.

"Fire up the deportation planes," she said.

DeSantis authorized the construction of the illegal immigrant detention center on a 30-square-mile property in the Everglades' swamplands of Miami–Dade County under an emergency order. The property in Ochopee is a former airport that has been outfitted with sturdy tent structures.

The Florida Division of Emergency Management said the site has the capacity for 2,000 detainees but will eventually hold 4,000.

TRUMP SAYS THE ONLY WAY OUT OF ‘ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ’ IS DEPORTATION

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; dhs; florida; gatorgitmo

1 posted on 07/28/2025 11:00:06 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

Alas, parting is such sweet sorrow...

wy69


2 posted on 07/28/2025 11:04:09 PM PDT by whitney69
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

It’s no coincidence they built the prison next to an airfield.

CC


3 posted on 07/28/2025 11:06:36 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (*This is a test of the emergency tagline system. This is only a test*)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

BTTT


4 posted on 07/28/2025 11:07:36 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: whitney69

This airport is able to accept commercial-sized aircraft and conduct both, both day and nighttime operations,” DeSantis also said.

DeSantis said: “The whole purpose is to make this be a place to facilitate increased frequency and numbers of deportations of illegal aliens, and that is the goal.

This reason makes “Alligator Alcatraz” detention facility sensible because the runway is right here. No hour drive to an airport just go a couple thousand feet and they can be on the plane and out of here!


5 posted on 07/28/2025 11:13:16 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com (Please pray for God 's intervention to stop Putin's invasion of Ukraine 🇺🇸)
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To: Celtic Conservative

You can check in any time you like, but you can never staaaay! 🎶🎵🎶🎵


6 posted on 07/28/2025 11:17:16 PM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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When President Donald Trump toured the detention camp in the Florida Everglades July 1st, “Alligator Alcatraz” was called it a “one-stop shop” for processing and deporting immigrants from the on-site 10,500-foot-long runway.


7 posted on 07/28/2025 11:17:53 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com (Please pray for God 's intervention to stop Putin's invasion of Ukraine 🇺🇸)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

the gators are not happy


8 posted on 07/28/2025 11:25:05 PM PDT by joshua c
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

A capacity of 4,000 isn’t bad when you have rapid turnover. They need to be going, going, gone!


9 posted on 07/28/2025 11:54:26 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys many aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

I wonder how long it will be before we reach a point there is more deportations of illegals with Trump per day than there was illegals being flown in by Biden. My guess it will be March 2026


10 posted on 07/29/2025 1:14:54 AM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: Blue Highway

Wonderful times we live in regarding immigration law enforcement!

Been wanting this type of aggressive enforcement of immigration law for over 40 years!


11 posted on 07/29/2025 3:24:29 AM PDT by TheDon (Remember the J6 political prisoners! Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

Here’s an idea... Deport them to Ukraine for Zelensky’s front lines.


12 posted on 07/29/2025 4:12:33 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

Yawn. When it hits 5000/day let me know.


13 posted on 07/29/2025 5:29:48 AM PDT by central_va (The I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

I live here in SW FL. We call it Gator Gitmo. And if Sgt Snappy needs any fresh recruits, we have a couple lakes in our community with young candidates!


14 posted on 07/29/2025 5:31:22 AM PDT by navymom1 (God bless President Trump!)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

TWA - Third World Airlines....


15 posted on 07/29/2025 6:23:04 AM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

Nice job, Governor.


16 posted on 07/29/2025 6:23:36 AM PDT by SharpRightTurn (“Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys” P.J. O'Rourke)
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To: Paladin2

“TWA - Third World Airlines....”

Thanks, Very clever!


17 posted on 07/29/2025 7:34:42 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com (Please pray for God 's intervention to stop Putin's invasion of Ukraine 🇺🇸)
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I heard in a recent report the prison had 1000’s of gallons of jet fuel. I wondered what a prison could do with that. What else?


18 posted on 07/29/2025 7:44:30 AM PDT by HangThemHigh (Entropy is not what it used to be.)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

WOULD MAKE A GREAT GOP FUND RAISING T-SHIRT, IMO


19 posted on 07/29/2025 7:48:23 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: ridesthemiles

CURRENT OPTIONS
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20 posted on 07/29/2025 7:54:28 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com (Please pray for God 's intervention to stop Putin's invasion of Ukraine 🇺🇸)
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