Because of state emergency powers invoked on June 24, Alligator Alcatraz, a new illegal immigration detention center endorsed by Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis and state Attorney General James Uthmeier, will start to become a reality deep in the Everglades.
The plans for another complex to hold illegal immigrants apprehended by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and awaiting processing and deportation, were drafted and submitted by the Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) to the Department of Homeland Security, and received Secretary Kristi Noem’s approval on June 23.
“Under President [Donald] Trump’s leadership, we are working at turbo speed to deliver cost-effective and innovative ways to deliver on the American people’s mandate for mass deportations of criminal illegal aliens,” she said on X….