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Updated · Fox News · May 7
Florida's Alligator Alcatraz ICE facility set to return to the Everglades
Updated
Updated · Fox News · May 7

Florida's Alligator Alcatraz ICE facility set to return to the Everglades

18 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 7
  • A senior Florida official said the Ochopee site has processed more than 21,000 migrants for deportation, while its 2.5-mile runway will stay available for large ICE flights.
  • The state says the temporary centre will close as Congress-funded permanent detention sites come online, after talks with the Trump administration over costs reported at more than $1 million a day.
  • The move follows an 11th Circuit ruling allowing the facility to remain open despite an environmental challenge, with Florida saying the land will not be developed once operations end.
Built without environmental review in the Everglades, can the damage from the detention center ever be reversed?
With hundreds of millions spent and federal funds now in doubt, who will ultimately pay for Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’?
Amid torture allegations and legal chaos, what will happen to the 1,500 people currently detained inside the controversial facility?