Immigration & Border Security

Trump to Attend Opening of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ in Florida

‘The facility will have up to 5,000 beds to house, process, and deport criminal illegal aliens,’ White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.
Trump to Attend Opening of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ in Florida
President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he boards Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, N.J., as he returns to the White House from his golf club in Bedminster on June 21, 2025. Mandel Ngan/AFP
Emel Akan
Emel Akan
Reporter
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WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump will travel to Florida on July 1 for the opening of a new illegal immigrant detention facility dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” due to its remote location and surrounding wildlife, according to the White House.

The facility is located at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport, a sparsely used airstrip deep in the Everglades and roughly 36 miles southwest of Miami in the town of Ochopee, Florida. The Miami-Dade County government owns the site.

Emel Akan
Emel Akan
Reporter
Emel Akan is a senior White House correspondent for The Epoch Times, where she covers the policies of the Trump administration. Previously, she reported on the Biden administration and the first term of President Trump. Before her journalism career, she worked in investment banking at JPMorgan. She holds an MBA from Georgetown University.
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