Everglades, Alligator Alcatraz and Florida
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"Gov. Ron DeSantis has plowed ahead with developing the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport ... in hopes of detaining up to 5,000 people there."
A federal court ruled that California's ban on private prisons and detention centers like San Diego's Otay Mesa Detention Center, owned and operated by private company CoreCivic, and where migrant children were detained separately from their parents, is unconstitutional. (ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)
President Trump visited Florida on Tuesday to tour what's been dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” a controversial migrant detention center in the Everglades that officials say is poised to start filling its bed in a matter of hours.
During an hours-long visit on Tuesday, President Donald Trump and top state and federal officials celebrated the opening of the new Florida-run immigration detention center in the Everglades as a major milestone in a joint mass deportation campaign.
Due to the attention of Alligator Alcatraz, an ICE detention center in the Florida Everglades, many may be wondering about the gator population here.