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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Alas, parting is such sweet sorrow...
wy69
It’s no coincidence they built the prison next to an airfield.
CC
BTTT
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!
You can check in any time you like, but you can never staaaay! 🎶🎵🎶🎵
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.
the gators are not happy
A capacity of 4,000 isn’t bad when you have rapid turnover. They need to be going, going, gone!
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
Wonderful times we live in regarding immigration law enforcement!
Been wanting this type of aggressive enforcement of immigration law for over 40 years!
Here’s an idea... Deport them to Ukraine for Zelensky’s front lines.
Yawn. When it hits 5000/day let me know.
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!
TWA - Third World Airlines....
Nice job, Governor.
“TWA - Third World Airlines....”
Thanks, Very clever!
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?
WOULD MAKE A GREAT GOP FUND RAISING T-SHIRT, IMO
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