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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alligator-alcatraz-florida-immigration- detention-centers-dhs-secretary-noem/
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday the federal government
will fund an effort by Florida to set up immigration detention centers,
which include a proposed site in the Everglades that state officials have dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz."
Noem said the detention facilities in Florida will be funded "in large
part" by the Federal Emergency Management Agency's shelter and services program, an initiative created by Congress to support groups and cities receiving migrants and asylum-seekers released from federal custody along
the U.S.-Mexico border.
Primarily charged with overseeing disaster relief efforts, FEMA is an
agency within the Department of Homeland Security that has faced
significant cuts under the second Trump administration.
"Under President Trump's leadership, we are working at turbo speed on cost-effective and innovative ways to deliver on the American people's
mandate for mass deportations of criminal illegal aliens," Noem said in a statement to CBS News. "We will expand facilities and bed space in just
days, thanks to our partnership with Florida."
Officials in Tallahassee first announced plans to help the federal
government expand its capacity to hold detainees awaiting deportation last week.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said a largely abandoned airfield
in the Everglades would be repurposed as a detention facility to house immigrants living in the U.S. illegally with criminal records. He dubbed
it "Alligator Alcatraz," saying any detainees seeking to escape would face alligators and pythons in the treacherous wetlands surrounding the site.
On Monday, Uthmeier announced the federal government had "approved" the
state's plan to build "Alligator Alcatraz" and other facilities that he
said could collectively house as many as 5,000 detainees. He said the facilities could start receiving detainees early next month, calling them temporary.
"There's really nowhere to go. If you're housed there, if you're detained there, there's no way in, no way out," Uthmeier said in an interview with conservative commentator Benny Johnson, describing the "Alligator
Alcatraz" facility.
The announcement that federal officials plan to reimburse Florida for
building immigration holding facilities illustrates a broader effort by Republican-led states to help the Trump administration carry out its
promised mass deportation campaign.
As the Trump administration has aggressively expanded immigration arrests throughout the country, its efforts have been aided by law enforcement officials in red states like Louisiana, Texas and Florida. In Texas, state National Guard troops have been deputized as immigration officers and
given the authority to enforce federal immigration laws.
In a statement Monday, Uthmeier said Florida officials "will fight
alongside this administration to keep Florida safe, strong, and free."
"I'm proud to help support President Trump and Secretary Noem in their
mission to fix our illegal immigration problem once and for all," he said. "Alligator Alcatraz and other Florida facilities will do just that."
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