Trump, Florida and Alligator Alcatraz
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Trump campaigned on several promises to tackle illegal immigration but faces a shortage of detention beds. The One Big Beautiful Bill, Trump’s tax and spending plan, passed the Senate during his Florida stop and includes $150 billion for his deportation agenda over four years.
Alligator Alcatraz, the massive immigration detention center in Florida, was originally expected to cost taxpayers $450 million per year. Leaked documents show that, after being in operation for less than two weeks,
Constructed in eight days with an annual budget of $450 million, the "Alligator Alcatraz" migrant detention camp in Florida is already feeling the strain, in this video from Democratic candidate for Orlando Mayor Anna Eskamani.
Trump to visit 'Alligator Alcatraz' on Tuesday, DeSantis says. After signing Florida's state budget Monday in Wildwood, Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke at length about the immigration detention center ...
Gov. Ron DeSantis told reporters the state is planning to hold another 2,000 detainees at the Camp Blanding migrant detention facility.
A site known as the Jetport is now home to a growing migrant prison encampment capable of holding thousands of detainees.
Alligator Alcatraz may have been built in eight days, but Florida’s race to become the top spot for President Donald Trump’s deportation agenda has been building for months.
Post readers break down the Trump administration’s expensive immigration policies and cuts to humanitarian aid.
The Florida Republican Party launched merchandise and gave the camp a nickname, “Alligator Alcatraz,” that the state made official. Hitler’s camps aren’t the lone precedent for the ...