The first group of migrants arrived in Florida’s migrant detention center, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” on Wednesday night, just one day after President Donald Trump toured the facility.
The migrant detention facility was built far ahead of schedule, just weeks after being proposed by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier. The facility is in a remote location in the Florida Everglades, with dangerous wildlife providing natural containment. Its first residents arrived in a motorcade of three white Ford vans.
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“Alligator Alcatraz will be checking in hundreds of criminal illegal aliens tonight. Next stop: back to where they came from,” Uthmeier said in a Wednesday post on X.
Construction workers and other contractors were seen entering and exiting the facility right up until the detainees arrived, reflecting the speedy construction. Food trucks serving churros, street corn, and empanadas were also seen by the Miami Herald.
Workers put up a road sign labeling the detention center “Alligator Alcatraz,” a term coined by Uthmeier and embraced by Trump.
The facility will house 3,000 migrants, but has enough beds for 5,000, according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
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