President Trump will attend the the opening of a new temporary migrant detention center located in the Florida Everglades on Tuesday.
The step comes as Trump has sought to ramp up the detention and deportation of migrants, saying the measure was needed after millions crossed the border illegally under Democrat Joe Biden.
The center got the nickname from its remote location in the Everglades, a vast subtropical wetland teeming with alligators, crocodiles and pythons that a Florida official said this month provides natural barriers, requiring minimal security.
Trump will be accompanied by Kristi Noem, the secretary of Homeland Security, who asked him to visit.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) touted the state’s new migrant detention facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz” ahead of President Trump’s visit to the state this week, saying it will be open for business.
“I think by tomorrow, it’ll be ready for business,” DeSantis said during a press conference in Wildwood, Fla., on Monday.
DeSantis, who confirmed that Trump would be in attendance at the facility’s official opening on Tuesday, noted that he spoke with Trump over the weekend.
“He’s very excited about doing it,” the governor said.
The site includes soft-sided holding units for hundreds of detainees through a partnership in which the federal government will provide the funding. The Florida Division of Emergency Management has overseen its build-out and management. Additional holding units will be added through next month, under the agreement.
How do we know this is the truth, after all, the “phony” Biden had a pretend WH. Smoke and mirrors. I will never trust anybody in our gov’t. again.
..such good news is welcome…
What is to stop Democrats from going in by Everglade air boats, or drug dealers in airplanes since it used to be an airport? They dug a tunnel into a prison to get El Chapo out. The perimeter needs to be policed 24 X 7, and anyone approaching gets only 1 warning shot.
Dade Collier training airport was built for Eastern Airlines to train at back in the 1970’s and has been used on and off again for decades. Large aircraft can fly in and out without affecting our commercial or military airports. It’s basically a runway, ramp area, and some structures, with no commerical activity around it for miles and miles and miles. Someone had a good idea, and now its going to securely house Illegal alliens who are waiting for deprotation back to their home nations. Goverment aircraft can be flown in and out of the secure facility. Protesters are full of themselves as the gators and other swamp charactors have never been bothered by what goes on there.
I have an idea, some of the gators should receive names. Lets give them the names of some of our congressional members who are oppose this facility.
Great idea…let’s start with AOC!