The ICE detention center has fulfilled its role in an immigration crackdown after 21,000 deportations, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has said
Florida has shut down a controversial immigration detention center dubbed ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ after it processed around 21,000 deportations, Governor Ron DeSantis has announced. The makeshift facility was hailed by the administration of US President Donald Trump but condemned by civil rights groups.
The detention center of tents and trailers was built in a matter of days on a remote Everglades airstrip and opened in July 2025. Nicknamed ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ because of its isolated, swamp-surrounded location, it was designed to hold thousands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees awaiting removal. DeSantis and Trump said the facility was critical to their effort to expand detention capacity and accelerate deportations.
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