The narrative is that only violent criminals are being sent to Alligator Alcatraz,” attorney Phillip Arroyo said. “We don’t know why [he was sent there] because he has legal status.”

President Donald Trump's visit to ICE's Alligator Alcatraz in the heart of Florida's swampland comes as he's pushed for more deportations of illegal immigrants.

Alligator Alcatraz is a nickname for a planned immigration detention facility, Florida's version of the infamous prison in California, that is being built at a remote unused airstrip in the heart ...

Alligator Alcatraz,” the immigrant detention facility that opened Tuesday in the Florida Everglades, has become a rich source of jokes, memes and even merchandise put out by officials aligned with the Trump administration — and the president’s supporters.

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The detention site is guarded by alligators and the other creatures and the President believes the new holding facility for those being deported will be especially secure. Trump and DeSantis hope the prospect of being sent to there will encourage those here illegally to leave, on their own.

US President Donald Trump will visit a migrant detention center this week in a reptile-infested Florida swamp dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," the White House said Monday.