Florida’s new “Alligator Alcatraz” detention facility for violent illegal immigrants has begun receiving its first detainees after the state seized a remote Everglades airstrip and surrounded it with natural deterrents—hungry alligators and venomous snakes.
At a Glance
- Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” detention facility, located deep in the Everglades, has begun receiving violent criminal illegal aliens.
- The facility will house up to 5,000 detainees and uses the surrounding alligator- and snake-infested swamp as a natural deterrent to escape.
- The first detainees include individuals convicted of homicide, child abuse, rape, and kidnapping, according to DHS.
- Environmental groups and the ACLU have condemned the facility, while the Trump administration and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis have hailed it as a model for the nation.
DeSantis Creates a “Natural Prison” in the Everglades
In a bold, common-sense move to tackle the illegal immigration crisis, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has established a new detention facility in one of the state’s most inhospitable environments. The center, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, is located at a remote airstrip deep in the Everglades, where the surrounding wildlife provides a natural and cost-effective security system.
“Clearly, from a security perspective, if someone escapes, you know, there are a lot of alligators. No one’s going anywhere,” DeSantis said, explaining the logic behind the location. The facility, comprised of heavy-duty tents and trailers, was made operational in just eight days after DeSantis fast-tracked the project with an executive order.
Housing the “Worst of the Worst”
The facility has begun receiving its first detainees, and they are not the “asylum seekers” the mainstream media loves to talk about. According to the Department of Homeland Security, the individuals being sent to “Alligator Alcatraz” are violent criminal illegal aliens, including those convicted of homicide, child abuse, forcible rape, kidnapping, and production of child pornography.
“I call it Alligator Alcatraz,” Uthmeier told the Tallahassee Democrat. The project is designed to house and process these dangerous criminals for deportation, finally removing them from American communities.
The Left’s Predictable Outrage
Like clockwork, the usual leftist groups are howling with manufactured indignation. The ACLU of Florida has called the facility “cruel and absurd,” while environmental groups have filed lawsuits to try and halt the project, suddenly discovering a newfound concern for the Everglades ecosystem.
The 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention centre was built in eight days – but problems are emerginghttps://t.co/qHa7eT4zZP
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A group of Democratic state lawmakers was even denied entry when they showed up for an unannounced “inspection,” a move they decried as an “abuse of power.”
A Model for the Nation
During a recent visit, President Donald Trump praised the facility as an “amazing” and innovative solution to a national crisis. The project is being held up as a model for other states to follow as the administration continues its nationwide crackdown on illegal immigration. While the critics whine, Florida is showing the rest of the country what a serious, “America First” approach to border security looks like.
