Trump expected to visit the detention center “ Alligator Alcatraz ” this week

Tallahassee, Florida – President Donald Trump should be at the official opening on Tuesday of a Controversial immigration detention center in the Everglades in Florida that the heads of state have nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz. “”

The Palm Beach Post Reported on Sunday That data from the Federal Aviation Administration said Trump would be in southern Florida for the opening. Two White House officials and an official from Florida familiar with the trip confirmed to NBC News that Trump is “likely” to be there.

The installation is on a landing track little used in the county of Miami-Dade that the administration of Governor Ron Desantis has seized by using emergency powers to build accommodation for undocumented migrants. Desantis made an emergency order focused on immigration at the beginning of 2023, and he has since extended it several times. The measure gives it a significant power to take measures such as seizure of land. Some local political leaders in Miami-Dade county opposed Desantis to take the ground for the Everglades based detention center.

The establishment, which was installed quickly – in about a week – by the Desantis administration, was an original idea of ​​the attorney general of the State James Uthmeier, who is the former chief of staff of Desantis and one of his best political advisers.

Environmental groups continued to block the plan on Friday, arguing that this could have devastating effects on the Everglades.

“The site is more than 96% of wetlands, surrounded by a large national cypress reserve, and is a habitat for the disappearance of Florida Panther and other emblematic species,” said Eve Samples, executive director of the Friends of the Florida Everglades, who are one of the groups that continue, in a press release. “This regime is not only cruel, it threatens the ecosystem of the Everglades that the taxpayers of the states and federals spent billions to protect.”

Hundreds of people were also proven on Saturday For a protest against the construction of the installation, which should have 5,000 immigrant detention beds.

“Alligator Alcatraz” was excited as the deepest example of Florida’s thrust to be the most aggressively trying to align yourself with Trump’s immigration program.

The installation should cost $ 450 million a year, and it has been approved by the Ministry of Homeland Security, which said it could reimburse the state for at least certain costs associated with operations.

The installation received significant national attention, resulting in a media and political boost for uthmeier and desantis, which visited the installation in Fox News.

Beyond the important attention of the national media, the collection of political funds is both for uthmeier and the republican party of Florida, which began to sell marks of the idea, NBC News Saturday Saturday.