Overview

• Built in under two weeks at a remote Everglades airstrip, the camp currently holds about 3,000 migrants and is set to expand to 5,000 beds.
• Detainees report maggot-infested meals, lack of bathing water, 24-hour lighting and confiscation of religious items.
• Environmental and tribal groups have filed lawsuits alleging the facility violates the National Environmental Policy Act and threatens endangered species and sacred lands.
• Safety experts warn that tents and temporary trailers cannot withstand hurricane-strength winds or flooding, with recent storms causing water intrusion and electrical hazards.
• Officials including President Trump, Governor DeSantis and DHS Secretary Noem have promoted the camp as central to a harder-line immigration policy and marketed ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ merchandise that has drawn boycott campaigns.