Alligator Alcatraz Detention Facility
Sector: Airport • Location: Ochopee, Florida, United States
Source: The Hill
Alligator Alcatraz is a migrant detention facility located at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in Florida. The facility uses tents with chain-link fences as cells to house migrants and was designed to hold up to 5,000 migrants. The project has faced legal challenges due to environmental concerns and operational issues.
- Status
- Partial shutdown ordered
- Sector
- Airport, Government
- Location
- Ochopee, Florida, United States of America
- Updated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Source
- The Hill
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Original status | partial shutdown ordered |
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Description | Alligator Alcatraz is a migrant detention facility located at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in Florida. The facility uses tents with chain-link fences as cells to house migrants and was designed to hold up to 5,000 migrants. The project has faced legal challenges due to environmental concerns and operational issues. |
Original sector | Government |
Location
Country | United States of America (USA) |
State | Florida |
City | Ochopee |
Source
Source | The Hill |
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Record type | Project |
Sector | Airport, Government |
Article published date | 2025-09-16 |
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