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Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz Detains 3,000 Migrants as Lawsuits and Audit Questions Mount

The camp was erected under a long-running emergency order bypassing normal oversight requirements.

undreds Caged in Inhumane Conditions with No Due Process at Florida Immigrant Jail
Alligator Alcatraz. President Donald Trump listens to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, as they and others tour "Alligator Alcatraz," a new migrant detention facility at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility, July 1, 2025, in Ochopee, Florida.
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Overview

  • The facility holds about 3,000 migrants in metal-caged tents at the Dade-Collier airstrip and is set to expand to 5,000 beds.
  • Detainees and advocates describe overcrowding, sweltering heat, maggot-infested food and flooding in communal cages, allegations state officials reject.
  • Democrats on a July 12 tour condemned what they saw as inhumane conditions while Republican Rep. Maria Salazar praised the camp’s cleanliness and security.
  • Federal lawsuits target the site’s lack of environmental review, its placement on Miccosukee ancestral land without consent, and threats to the Everglades ecosystem.
  • Over $450 million has been funneled through no-bid contracts under the extended emergency order, yet annual audits required by law remain uncompleted.