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OPEN FOR BUSINESS: Trump to Visit 'Alligator Alcatraz' — The Everglades Detention Center for Illegal Aliens [WATCH]

posted by Hannity Staff - 6.30.25

According to multiple sources — including White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt — President Donald Trump will visit ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ this week — a newly-opened detention center in the Everglades for illegal aliens.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis also confirmed Trump’s visit this week.

“We have the president of the United States coming down tomorrow to tout what Florida has done,” DeSantis said at a Monday news conference, according to the Miami Herald.

“I think by tomorrow it will be open for business,” he added.

Watch the clip above.

From Fox News:

DeSantis authorized the construction of an illegal immigrant detention center on a 30-square-mile property in the Everglades’ swamplands of Miami–Dade County under an emergency order. The property is a former airport that has been outfitted with sturdy tent structures to house 5,000 illegal immigrants amid the Trump administration’s deportation blitz to remove the millions of illegal migrants who flooded the nation during the Biden administration.

The detention center earned its name due to its location in the heart of the Everglades, which is home to massive reptiles such as alligators and pythons.

“This is an airport that’s already there,” DeSantis said Wednesday during an event with the media. “Clearly, from a security perspective, if someone escapes, you know, there are a lot of alligators you’re going to have to contend with. No one’s going anywhere once you do that. It’s a safe and secure as can be.”

Watch Karoline Leavitt confirm Trump’s trip below:

Liberals are currently protesting the opening of the facility, with videos being shared on X and other social media platforms.

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