Alligator Alcatraz, the massive immigration detention center in Florida, was originally expected to cost taxpayers $450 million per year. Leaked documents show that, after being in operation for less than two weeks,

Constructed in eight days with an annual budget of $450 million, the "Alligator Alcatraz" migrant detention camp in Florida is already feeling the strain, in this video from Democratic candidate for Orlando Mayor Anna Eskamani.

Late last month, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the state budget total of $117.9 billion and sent out a list of all the items he vetoed from the budget submitted to him by lawmakers. In all, DeSantis trimmed about $567 million in line items from the 2025-26 state budget approved by the Florida Legislature,

Florida will begin construction on a second immigration detention center after the Independence Day holiday. Camp Blanding has an airfield that will be used to deport detainees. While Alligator ...

Trump campaigned on several promises to tackle illegal immigration but faces a shortage of detention beds. The One Big Beautiful Bill, Trump’s tax and spending plan, passed the Senate during his Florida stop and includes $150 billion for his deportation agenda over four years.

Trump to visit 'Alligator Alcatraz' on Tuesday, DeSantis says. After signing Florida's state budget Monday in Wildwood, Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke at length about the immigration detention center ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis told reporters the state is planning to hold another 2,000 detainees at the Camp Blanding migrant detention facility.

Alligator Alcatraz may have been built in eight days, but Florida’s race to become the top spot for President Donald Trump’s deportation agenda has been building for months.

A site known as the Jetport is now home to a growing migrant prison encampment capable of holding thousands of detainees.