Collier could have been home to the Everglades Jetport, the world's largest airport of the future, until environmentalists got involved.

Can a single facility be an “clean, air-conditioned, and well-kept” center and, at the same time, an “internment camp” with “vile conditions”? That is the paradox at the heart of Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz,

The state of Florida has opened a migrant detention center in the Everglades. Its official name is Alligator Alcatraz, a reference to the former maximum security federal penitentiary in San Francisco Bay.

The concept, a product of the go-go 1960's, was killed by an unlikely environmental pioneer, President Richard Nixon

Groups fight on to keep Big Cypress a national preserve, not a pre-deportation holding pen ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: Early plans called for world’s largest airport at the site ‘Gravely ...

A new detention facility plan, ... named "Alligator Alcatraz," was approved by the federal government. Tue, 15 Jul 2025 18:26:19 GMT (1752603979452) Story Infinite Scroll ...

‘Alligator Alcatraz’: Florida plans to build detention facility in Everglades for illegal immigrants. James Tutten. Tue, June 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM UTC. 1 min read

GUATEMALA CITY — The Homeland Security secretary is praising Florida for coming forward with an idea that’s been dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” because it would house immigration detainees in ...

Florida begins construction of 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention facility Facility to house up to 5,000 migrants, costing $450 million annually DHS to use FEMA funds to cover detention center costs ...