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Florida is building an "Alligator Alcatraz" to detain migrants [1]

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Date: 2025-06-25

I remember reading Trump wanted to build a medieval-style moat along the US-Mexico border years ago, filled with alligators and snakes to deter migrants from crossing into the US. But Florida is actually following through with a similar feudal idea, in the state government’s sycophantic effort to kiss the ring by setting up a detention camp in the middle of the Everglades for Trump’s mass deportation plan.

The facility, in the middle of a Miami swamp, was proposed by state lawmakers to support US President Donald Trump's deportation agenda. "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," explains the state's attorney general, James Uthmeier, a Republican, in a video set to rock music and posted on social media.

The surrounding swamp is also hot, humid and infested with mosquitos. The dark-ages cruelty is the point, I guess.

Although the airstrip belongs to Miami-Dade County, the decision to turn it into a detention centre was made following a 2023 executive order by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, invoking emergency powers to stem the flow of undocumented migrants. The new centre, which according to authorities will have the capacity to accommodate around 1,000 detainees and will begin operations in July or August, is quickly becoming a controversial symbol of the Trump administration's immigration policy. According to data obtained by CBS News, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has a record 59,000 detainees nationwide, 140% above its capacity.

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