‘Alligator Alcatraz’: Florida to Build Migrant Detention Centre in Everglades

Florida seizes Everglades land to house detained migrants in ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

Florida building ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ for undocumented migrants in Everglades

Facility under construction on former airfield and will cost $450m per year to run

‘Alligator Alcatraz’: Florida’s $690m plan to help Trump’s immigration crackdown

The state is turning a swampy airfield into a new detention centre - and says it will save money on security because alligators and pythons will do the job.

‘Alligator Alcatraz’: Florida to build migrant detention centre in Everglades

Florida is building a detention facility for migrants nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz”, turning an airfield in the Everglades into the newest

'Alligator Alcatraz': Florida plans migrant detention centre in Everglades

The facility could be completed within months and have the capacity to hold around 1,000 people.

Florida to receive federal funds to build immigration detention sites, including "Alligator Alcatraz," Noem says

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says new immigration detention centers in Florida will be largely funded by FEMA's shelter and services program.