Florida to Receive Federal Reimbursement for Alligator Alcatraz

The Department of Homeland Security confirmed that $608 million was approved for reimbursement.

The entrance to the state-managed immigration detention center dubbed Alligator Alcatraz, located at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in the Florida Everglades in Ochopee, Fla., on Aug. 3, 2025. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

The federal government approved more than $600 million in reimbursement to Florida last week for the cost of building and operating the illegal immigration and deportation center known as Alligator Alcatraz.

The news was confirmed by the Department of Homeland Security, but while the funds were approved, they have not yet been paid out.