DeSantis Seizes County Land For “Alligator Alcatraz,” Announces Plan For Second Such Concentration Camp

June 25, 2025 Immigration, Republicans

The Tallahassee Democrat reports:

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will use emergency powers to take control of Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport away from Miami-Dade County and build “Alligator Alcatraz.”

In a statement, the governor’s office said the Florida Division of Emergency Management offered to buy the land from Miami-Dade County, but County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava responded with an “unreasonable” request of $190 million on Monday, June 23.

In a letter, state emergency management director Kevin Guthrie told Cava: “Time is of the essence. We must act swiftly to ensure readiness and continuity in our statewide operations to assist the federal government with immigration enforcement. The Division remains committed to working collaboratively with all appropriate authorities.”

The Associated Press reports:

Florida’s Governor is adding another illegal immigrant warehouse to supplement Alligator Alcatraz in the Everglades. “We’ll probably also do something similar up at Camp Blanding. … We have some capacity there. Kevin Guthrie and the Division of Emergency Management are working on that,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said.

The first Alligator Alcatraz hasn’t been completed yet, but it’s coming to the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport on the edge of the Everglades National Park. Though the Camp Blanding site thus far is purely conceptual, DeSantis says Florida will be “fully reimbursed.”

And reporting from The Associated Press confirms that Alligator Alcatraz will bring federal funds to the state. The vendor-managed project is expected to cost $245 per bed, or $450 million a year, and will be reimbursed from by FEMA.

“Vendor-managed.” And how much did this unnamed vendor donate to Glorious Leader?

DeSantis today also claimed that housing thousands of migrants in the middle of the Everglades will have “zero impact” on its fragile ecosystem.



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