Republican donors and Florida's hurricane know-how helped build 'Alligator Alcatraz' so quickly
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President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he tours "Alligator Alcatraz," a new migrant detention facility at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility, Tuesday, July 1, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)President Donald Trump talks with Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., during a roundtable at "Alligator Alcatraz," a new migrant detention facility at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility, Tuesday, July 1, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)This aerial photo shows that the state is plowing ahead with building a an immigration detention facility with heavy-duty tents, trailers and other temporary buildings at the Miami Dade County-owned airfield in the Big Cypress National Preserve, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) west of downtown Miami, This Friday, June 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Daniel Kozin)An alligator appears near the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport, Tuesday, July 1, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla. (AP Photo/Michael Laughlin)
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President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he tours "Alligator Alcatraz," a new migrant detention facility at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility, Tuesday, July 1, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
