Florida AG: Hundreds of Illegal Immigrants Set to Arrive at Alligator Alcatraz

The new facility was officially opened on July 1, eight days after development began.

Police check cars arriving at the "Alligator Alcatraz," a new illegal immigrant detention facility at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility in Ochopee, Fla., on July 2, 2025. Marta Lavandier/AP Photo

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier confirmed that the first illegal immigrants will arrive at the new Alligator Alcatraz detention and deportation facility in the Everglades on July 2.

“Alligator Alcatraz will be checking in hundreds of criminal illegal aliens tonight,” he said in a post on social media platform X Wednesday. “Next stop: back to where they came from.”