Jim Beever spent much of his career reviewing large developments in the Collier County area, which is where the detention center is being built.

Trump Opens "Alligator Alcatraz" Immigrant Detainment Facility in Florida Everglades originally appeared on L.A. Mag.

The president and local authorities boast that alligators and pythons will prevent escapes. Five people have died this year in the state while detained by ICE. The president and local authorities boast that alligators and pythons will prevent escapes.

Due to the attention of Alligator Alcatraz, an ICE detention center in the Florida Everglades, many may be wondering about the gator population here.

Deep in the marshy wetlands of the Florida Everglades – less than 50 miles west of President Donald Trump’s Doral resort in Miami – sits the latest battleground in his administration’s immigration enforcement efforts: A detention facility dubbed,

The first group of immigrants are set to arrive at a new detention center deep in the Florida Everglades that officials have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.”

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis bragged about his recent tour of 'alligator alcatraz' with President Donald Trump and Secretary Kristi Noem during a recent press conference in Duval County, Florida.

President Donald Trump is expected to visit Alligator Alcatraz, a temporary immigrant detention center erected near the Florida Everglades.

Cuban reggaeton artist Leamsy La Figura, currently held on assault charges in Alligator Alcatraz, has spoken out against the facility.