The disparaging, historically loaded nickname for the facility popped up on Bluesky, X and other social media platforms, and was featured in the headlines of articles denouncing the facility.

On Wednesday night, workers replaced the signs in front of the training facility with ones that read "Alligator Alcatraz."

With Florida's so-called Alligator Alcatraz now open, another migrant detention facility roughly 400 miles north of the original is already planned in the Everglades.