President Donald Trump on July 1 marked the opening of a new detention facility for illegal immigrants in Florida, called “Alligator Alcatraz” for its remote location deep in the Everglades and the surrounding wildlife.
While touring the site, Trump received the news that the Senate had narrowly passed his sweeping legislative package, known as the “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” delivering him a significant political victory.
The trip highlighted Trump’s core message: the pressing need for congressional funding to expand immigration detention centers nationwide, a key component of his mass deportation agenda.
Located at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport, about 36 miles southwest of Miami in the small town of Ochopee, the new facility is designed to host nearly 3,000 illegal immigrants….