The controversial immigration facility within the Florida Everglades referred to as “Alligator Alcatraz” will quickly don’t have any detainees in it, based on an e-mail from a state official obtained by ABC Information.
The e-mail was despatched by Kevin Guthrie, the top of the Florida Division of Emergency Administration, to the interfaith neighborhood.
“We’re most likely going to be right down to 0 people inside a couple of days,” Guthrie wrote.
The detention heart was the topic of lawsuits, one in all which halted new detainees from being transported to the power.
An aerial view reveals “Alligator Alcatraz” ICE detention heart at Dade-Collier Coaching and Transition Airport in Ochopee, Florida, July 24, 2025.
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President Donald Trump and prime Homeland Safety brass visited the power, which they’ve testified in court docket is predicted to price about $400 million.
The South Florida Interfaith Neighborhood wrote to the FDEM about permitting entry to religion providers on the facility in current days.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis lately introduced that his administration is opening a brand new immigration detention facility within the state dubbed “Deportation Depot.”