J une 19 Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announces plans for a migrant detention center in the Everglades via X. The state has declared its official name to be Alligator Alcatraz. June 21 Protesters begin gathering near the proposed site at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport as trucks carrying supplies and fill dirt stream in.

President Donald Trump’s fight against America’s illegal border crossers now has serious teeth with a new migrant detention center slated for Florida’s Everglades — and state Attorney General James Uthmeier has already dubbed the facility Alligator Alcatraz.

"Alligator Alcatraz will be checking in hundreds of criminal illegal aliens tonight," Florida Republican Attorney General James Uthmeier said.

Cuban artist Leamsy Izquierdo and others are speaking out about what they describe as the inhumane conditions of the Alligator Alcatraz.

President Donald Trump to head to Florida for opening of "Alligator Alcatraz" detention facility in the Everglades, supported by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis but opposed by environmentalists and critics.

People held at the brand new Florida immigration detention center that officials have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” say worms turn up in the food, toilets don’t flush and floors flood with fecal waste.

"We all want to make America great again, but you're not going to make America great by making America mean," Wenski said.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is pushing back on a new lawsuit filed this week by Florida Democrats related to the recent opening and conditions at "Alligator Alcatraz."