Overview

• Opened July 1 at the former Dade-Collier Airfield, the site now holds 2,000 to 3,000 migrants in wire-mesh cages and hurricane-rated tents.
• Governor Ron DeSantis confirmed roughly 100 detainees have been deported via the adjacent airstrip and said flight frequency will rise.
• Detainee attorneys report infestations, flooding, single daily meals and denied medical care; officials counter that migrants receive three meals daily and 24-hour medical services.
• Environmental and Miccosukee tribes have filed federal lawsuits alleging authorities skipped mandatory Everglades impact studies before construction.
• Historian Andrea Pitzer likens the facility to early Nazi concentration camps and warns it may foreshadow a broader Trump administration detention network.