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Protesters Denounce Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” as Construction Starts on DHS Funded Project to House Illegal Aliens on Remote Airstrip in Everglades

June 28, 2025

Protesters gathered in Florida Saturday to denounce the state starting construction this week on a DHS funded project to house illegal aliens at a remote airstrip in the Everglades dubbed, “Alligator Alcatraz,” an aborted airport site built in the 1960s that is usually used for training, formally known as the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport.

Screen image via RANN, X.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced earlier this week the site would largely be funded by FEMA money the Biden administration used to put up illegal aliens in hotels. The site could be ready for the first illegals as early as this Tuesday. Plans are for up to 5,000 to be held there.

Notably, out of respect for Florida’s laws on blocking roads, the protesters did not try to stop the construction vehicles.

Video posted by Thomas Kennedy with the Florida Immigration Coalition:

Drop Site News reporter Ryan Grim posted video of a “huge turnout”:

Right Angle News Network observed how well behaved the protesters are:

DHS posted an Alligator Alcatraz meme on Saturday, “Coming soon!”:

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis gave a tour of the Alligator Alcatraz site to Fox and Friends co-host Steve Doocy on Friday:

Excerpt from AP report on a lawsuit filed by environmental groups on Friday to stop Alligator Alcatraz:

Environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit Friday to block a migrant detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” now being built on an airstrip in the heart of the Florida Everglades.

The lawsuit seeks to halt the project until it undergoes a stringent environmental review as required by federal and state law. There is also supposed to be a chance for public comment, according to the lawsuit filed in Miami federal court.

Critics have condemned the facility as a cruel and inhumane threat to the ecologically sensitive wetlands, while Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and other state officials have defended it as part of the state’s aggressive push to support President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration.

The center is set to begin processing people who entered the U.S. illegally as soon as next week, DeSantis said Friday on “Fox and Friends.”

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem posted about her appearance Friday night on Jesse Watters Primetime to talk about Alligator Alcatraz, “Alligator Alcatraz, and other facilities like it, will give us the capability to lock up some of the worst scumbags who entered our country under the previous administration. I will continue to stand alongside our officers as they protect and defend our homeland. Make America Safe.”

Statement by Noem given to CBS News on Monday about FEMA hotel money for migrants being used to pay for Alligator Alcatraz:

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