Fla. Building ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ to Hold Illegals

The plan to convert the 17,000-acre Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport has drawn the ire of environmentalists and Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, who slammed the plan.

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It “is also imperative that we fully understand the scope and scale of the proposed use of the site and what will be developed, as the impacts to the Everglades ecosystem could be devastating.”

According to the Miami Herald, DeSantis appears to have already taken control of the property.

A 39-square-mile migrant detention center could be up and running by July, according to Tricia McLaughlin, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security.

Uthmeier last week said immigrants in the U.S. illegally should be sent deep into the Everglades, or what he calls “Alligator Alcatraz.”

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“Florida’s been leading on immigration enforcement, supporting the Trump administration and ICE’s efforts to detain and deport criminal aliens,” he said.

“The government tasked state leaders to identify places for new temporary detention facilities. I think this is the best one. As I call it, ‘alligator Alcatraz,'” he added.

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“We fought this 55 years ago, the development of this site,” she told the Herald.

“It was a really damaging idea then. It remains an extremely dangerous idea.”