Posted on 06/24/2025 6:44:29 AM PDT by 11th_VA
(CNN) — In the interest of carrying out more of President Donald Trump’s promised mass deportations, officials in Florida this week started construction on a migrant detention facility they’re billing as “efficient” and “low-cost” – because mother nature will provide much of the security.
“Alligator Alcatraz,” as Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier calls it, is being erected on a little-used airstrip in the Everglades, the vast expanse of marshes and swamps that covers much of southern Florida and hosts a dizzying array of wildlife, from hundreds of bird species to bobcats, panthers, crocodiles and alligators.
“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,” Uthmeier said in an announcement video that casts the facility as “the one-stop shop to carry out President Trump’s mass deportation agenda” and features slow-motion footage of snapping alligators.
Construction of the new Florida facility comes just weeks after Trump said he had directed federal agencies to reopen the original Alcatraz – a prison famously known for being virtually inescapable because of its location on a small island in the Pacific Ocean off San Francisco. And in his first term, Trump floated the idea of fortifying the US southern border with a water-filled trench infested with alligators, the New York Times reported …
Building “Alligator Alcatraz” means a temporary repurposing of the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport, which Uthmeier describes as “an old, virtually abandoned airport facility right in the middle of the Everglades.”
The overall site is about 39 square miles and contains a runway of about 11,000 feet. It sits 36 miles west of the Miami business district and just 6 miles north of Everglades National Park.
“Alligator Alcatraz” should be ready to host detainees the first week of July, Uthmeier said Monday in an interview with controversial pro-Trump, right-wing commentator Benny Johnson. Construction should be fast, Uthmeier said, as the facility will consist of “light infrastructure” like heavy-duty tents and trailers.
The National Guard will also be on site to help run the facility …
Not Babylon Bee? I thought this was a joke.
Nice!
Will they be able to build escape boats with the trees there?
How many detainees will the 40 square miles hold?
Are there enough pythons and alligators to be effective?
The idea sounds good. Our own Devil’s Island.
Well, they won’t be tunneling out.
I know a Miami native who will not travel between Miami and Naples at night due to the surrounding swamps and limited rest facilities.
A Federal District Court Judge on the Bikini Atoll has blocked construction of the facility.
This should goose the self-deportation stats nicely...
Someone should design one of those yellow diamond warning signs depicting an illegal being swallowed whole by a python...hyperbole, but effective.
You can keep your head on a swivel, looking for ‘gators and snakes, which you won’t see coming, and worry yourself into a hot mess. While you’re doing that, the mosquitos will reduce you to madness.
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Good.
Hope they’re shipped off to South Sudan.
“Supreme Court Smacks Down Biden Judge, Allows Trump to Resume Deporting Illegal Aliens to ‘Third-Party Countries’ – Including Places Like South Sudan”
— Gateway Pundit
Has Kilmar Abrego Garcia moved in with Chrissy Van Hollen yet or is he going with the “judge” that helped him bust out of prison and made him the Merryland Father of the Year again.
“Alligator Alcatraz” — 😅😂
“…the facility will consist of “light infrastructure” like heavy-duty tents and trailers” — Yay, the Sheriff Arpaio design. Make them wear pink underwear, too.
That sounds really good.
Calling it ‘Wild Animals Sanctuary” would be more appropriate. All kinds of ‘wild animals’ being housed.
No hitchhikers on that road. lol
It sounds miserable which is perfect
“...because of its location on a small island in the Pacific Ocean off San Francisco.”
Silly me! I always thought of it as “San Francisco Bay” (heralded in song and verse) not the Pacific Ocean, which begins to the west of the Golden Gate Bridge.
They’re definitely turning up the motivation with this facility. 😆
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