President Donald Trump has just sent a warning to any illegal aliens who may be hoping to escape from “Alligator Alcatraz.”
On Tuesday, Trump visited the new high-security migrant detention facility deep in the Florida Everglades.
The president told reporters that for many of the illegal aliens housed there, the “only way out is deportation.”
Nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz,” the facility was constructed on a former airport site in Miami-Dade County.
The facility is surrounded by miles of swamp, razor wire, and Everglades wilderness.
Trump toured the site alongside Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and other key officials before holding a roundtable briefing.
“It’s known as Alligator Alcatraz, which is very appropriate because I looked outside and that’s not a place I want to go hiking anytime soon,” Trump told reporters.
“We’re surrounded by miles of treacherous swampland, and the only way out is really deportation.”
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The new facility, which a sign near the press briefing described in detail, has the capacity to hold up to 3,000 detainees.
It is manned by 1,000 staff members, including more than 400 security personnel, and is outfitted with over 200 security cameras and 28,000 feet of barbed wire.
Surrounded by 10 miles of rugged terrain, escape is considered virtually impossible.
Gov. DeSantis approved the project under emergency authority, fast-tracking construction on a 30-square-mile property to meet what the administration calls an “urgent public safety and national security need.”
The site, a repurposed airfield, now hosts reinforced tent structures capable of withstanding severe weather.
At the roundtable, Noem praised the coordination between federal and state officials.
“This facility here is a fantastic representation of what can happen when all of government works together, and when it’s accountable to the taxpayers and to the citizens that live here,” Noem said.
Calling the detention center “state of the art,” Noem said she hoped other governors would follow Florida’s lead.
“Thank you to Governor DeSantis for stepping up and being an example to other governors,” she added.
“I hope my phone rings off the hook from governors calling and saying, ‘How can we do what Florida just did?’”
Also in attendance were Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), acting ICE Director Todd Lyons, and White House Deputy Chief of Staff and Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller, a key architect of Trump’s immigration policy.
The group emphasized the administration’s focus on restoring order and enforcing immigration law.
The announcement comes as the Trump administration continues to ramp up deportations and border security efforts, part of a broader effort to secure the border and reduce the illegal immigrant population, especially those with criminal records.
According to White House officials, Alligator Alcatraz will focus on housing “high-risk and repeat offenders” who have evaded deportation orders or committed serious crimes while in the U.S. illegally.
“Some of the most menacing migrants, some of the most vicious people on the planet,” Trump said, referencing the detainees that will soon be transferred to the new site.
The Biden-era practice of releasing dangerous criminal illegal aliens into American communities has been reversed under Trump.
ICE and DHS are now operating under new mandates to detain and remove those in the country illegally.
The construction of Alligator Alcatraz was completed in just eight days.
It underscores what the administration calls “rapid-response immigration enforcement,” designed to counteract what it sees as years of federal failure under previous leadership.
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