NEWS ALERT: Trump expected to visit the ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention facility

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From NBC News: TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — President Donald Trump is expected to be at the formal opening Tuesday of a controversial immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades that state leaders have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.”

The Palm Beach Post on Sunday reported that FAA data indicated that Trump would be in South Florida for the opening of the facility. Two White House officials and one Florida official familiar with the travel confirmed to NBC News Trump is “likely” to be in attendance.

The facility is located on a little-used airstrip in Miami-Dade County that Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration seized using emergency powers to build a housing facility for undocumented migrants. DeSantis issued an emergency order focused on immigration in early 2023, and he has since extended it multiple times. The measure gives him significant authority to take actions such as seizing land. Some local political leaders in Miami-Dade County opposed DeSantis taking the land for the Everglades-based detention center.

The facility was set up quickly — in roughly one week — by the DeSantis administration and was the brain child of Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, who is DeSantis’ former chief of staff and one of his top political advisers.

The new illegal alien detention center will be located at Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport, a 30-square-mile acreage in Miami-Dade County, which has previously been used for military and law enforcement training.

Liberals are howling in protest over the new detention center for illegal aliens, and a lawsuit was filed Friday by environmental groups who claimed, “This scheme is not only cruel, it threatens the Everglades ecosystem that state and federal taxpayers have spent billions to protect.”

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gave Fox News host Steve Doocy a tour of the facility Friday.

“Florida is stepping up to help increase deportations and fulfill President Trump’s mandate to enforce immigration law. Alligator Alcatraz is a secure facility in Florida that will stage criminal illegal aliens for efficient mass deportation. I gave @SteveDoocy a tour this morning,” DeSantis announced

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem explained, “Alligator Alcatraz, and other facilities like it, will give us the capability to lock up some of the worst scumbags who entered our country under the previous administration. I will continue to stand alongside our officers as they protect and defend our homeland. Make America Safe 🇺🇸.”

Meanwhile, memes are going wild on social media about the new ‘Alligator Alcatrez.’

Someone created an image of a row of alligators wearing ICE hats, standing guard in front of a prison. The Department of Homeland Security then reposted the image to their X account and wrote, “Coming soon!”

An AI-generated video of the alligators singing is also making the rounds:

Here’s another meme that’s circulating on social media:

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