A.G. Gancarski
Florida’s Governor is adding another illegal immigrant warehouse to supplement Alligator Alcatraz in the Everglades.
“We’ll probably also do something similar up at Camp Blanding. … We have some capacity there. Kevin Guthrie and the Division of Emergency Management are working on that,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said at the University of South Florida College of Medicine in Tampa.
The first Alligator Alcatraz hasn’t been completed yet, but it’s coming to the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport on the edge of the Everglades National Park.
Though the Camp Blanding site thus far is purely conceptual, DeSantis says Florida will be “fully reimbursed.”
And reporting from The Associated Press confirms that Alligator Alcatraz will bring federal funds to the state.
The vendor-managed project is expected to cost $245 per bed, or $450 million a year, and will be reimbursed from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The facilities are needed, DeSantis said, because local jails can’t handle the influx of suspected illegal aliens.
“We can’t have every illegal housed in our jails because we actually have non-illegals who need to be housed there when they commit crimes too,” DeSantis said.
“If they’re temporarily held, then they can be repatriated to their home country. That takes burdens away from the state of Florida and for Florida residents.”
The Governor also assured reporters there were “zero” environmental concerns about the South Florida site, and pointed to his record in office as proof that no one should worry.
“I mean, you’re talking about the guy that’s plowed how much money into Everglades Restoration? Why would I want to do anything that would do (damage)?”
Besides the “zero impact” of Alligator Alcatraz, DeSantis said the location offered a logistical boost because it’s “already there” and is as “safe and secure as you can be.”
“If someone escapes, there’s a lot of alligators (with which) you’re going to have to contend. No one’s going anywhere once you do that,” he remarked.
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Material from the Associated Press was used in this report. Republished with permission.
3 comments
American Patriot
June 25, 2025 at 1:10 pm
This is the stupidest publicity stunt I have ever seen. It is poorly thought out and once they spend millions on moving this dumb plan forward, they will realize that putting human beings in the steamy hot humid South Florida summer in the middle of the Everglades will become cruel and unusual punishment, especially when people begin dropping dead from dehydration and heat exhaustion. Are they only placing serious criminals out in swamp or are they also placing people whose only crime was seeking a better life for their family? There are not enough murders, rapists and violent criminals to fill all the beds you are adding to this camp. Are we going to be seeing thousands of immigrants from Haiti, Venezuela and Cuba housed in this death camp? How do our Hispanic legislators and Congresspersons feel about Cuban and Venezuelan immigrants being housed under these inhumane conditions under which we would not house dogs and cats in shelters? How are the politicians going to feel when these immigrants begin dropping dead in the summer heat and humidity? Are they planning to provide air conditioners and generators for all of these tents/trailers? Are they bringing in pallets of ice and water for these immigrants? The real criminals won’t be those who immigrated to the United States seeking a better life, but those State politicians and federal government officials who gave the thumbs up for this idiotic plan to move forward with deadly consequences that were easily predictable as immigrants begin dying as the temperatures and humidity continue to rise. Who the hell has thought this plan through other the national publicity to the likely consequences that will reverberate worldwide. Governor DeSantis’ stupid plan will not only cement his place in history but could hurt President Trump if federal monies are used for the dumb plan.
Frankie M.
June 25, 2025 at 4:01 pm
Ronnie doesn’t care about working conditions for migrant workers. Why start now?
Frankie M.
June 25, 2025 at 3:58 pm
Mayor Donna Deegan was pilloried for bringing attention to the human rights issues these concentration camps might present. Not to worry I’m sure that’ll be at the top of Ronnie’s concerns. But hey at least he got a headline or 2 out of this publicity stunt. Ronnie’s just lucky his great grandmother didn’t end up in one of these camps when she came over by boat.