Exploring Alligator Alcatraz in Florida Everglades

The following three articles on Alligator Alcatraz focus on immigration, environmental impact and politics.

The camp sits in the Florida Everglades, using the old Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport site.

Catch up below.

A truck drives out of Dade Collier Training and Transition Airport off Tamiami Trail on Monday, June 24, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla. By D.A. Varela

NO. 1: ‘ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ’ SITS IN THE HEART OF THE GLADES, OUT PAST THE TOURIST AIRBOAT RIDES

Where, exactly, the state is building the facility. | Published June 25, 2025 | Read Full Story by Alex Harris

El presidente Donald Trump junto con el gobernador de Florida Ron DeSantis recorren un centro de detención de inmigrantes, “Alligator Alcatraz”, en el Aeropuerto de Entrenamiento y Transición Dade-Collier en Ochopee el 1º de julio. By ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS

NO. 2: CONTRACTORS BUILDING ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ HAVE DONATED MONEY TO FLORIDA GOP, DESANTIS

The companies and their married chief executives, Carlos Duart and Tina Vidal-Duart, have given a total of $1.9 million to the two state political action committees supporting DeSantis’ bids for governor and to the Republican Party of Florida. | Published July 3, 2025 | Read Full Story by Alexandra Glorioso Romy Ellenbogen Lawrence Mower

Workers install a permanent Alligator Alcatraz sign. The facility is within the Florida Everglades, 36 miles west of the central business district of Miami, in Collier County, Florida. , Florida, on Thursday, July 3, 2025. By PHOTO BY AL DIAZ

NO. 3: ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ HAS OPENED IN THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES. HERE ARE SOME TAKEAWAYS

What to know about the detention facility for migrants. | Published July 4, 2025 | Read Full Story by Miami Herald Archives

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