State closes Alligator Alcatraz


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Posted June 25, 2026 | By Ana Goñi-Lessan, The News Service of Florida

One year after it opened, Alligator Alcatraz, the detention center used by Florida and the federal government to house undocumented immigrants, is shutting down. “Alligator Alcatraz fulfilled the role that it was designed to serve,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said June 25 at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in Ochopee, the location of the tented […]

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