Florida officials have started construction on a new immigration detention center located deep within the Everglades at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport. The 39-square-mile site features an abandoned 10,500-foot runway surrounded by swampland inhabited by alligators and pythons, earning the facility the nickname “Alligator Alcatraz.”
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Florida begins building ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ migrant detention center

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Florida began construction on a 39-square-mile immigration detention center inside the Everglades, nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz.”


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