DHS Confirms Illegal Immigrants Held at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Moved for Hurricane Season

The transfer was carried out due to concerns over hurricanes in the state.

Work progresses on a new federal detention facility dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility in the Florida Everglades in Ochopee, Fla., on July 4, 2025. Rebecca Blackwell/File/AP Photo

Illegal immigrants held at a Florida detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” have been moved due to the start of hurricane season, a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Thursday.

In an email to an Epoch Times, the spokesperson said that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Florida officials “have moved illegal aliens from the soft sided facility.”