Overview

• After first arrivals on July 3, inmate accounts published July 11–12 depict maggot-infested meals, nonstop lighting, restricted water and medication, and bans on religious practices.
• Stephanie Hartman, communications director for Florida’s Division of Emergency Management, labeled the abuse claims entirely false and insisted the camp meets all required standards.
• Erected in eight days on the remote Dade-Collier airfield, the temporary center holds up to 5,000 migrants in tents and containers funded by Republican donors.
• President Trump warned escapees would face alligators and snakes in the surrounding swamps as part of a hardline strategy supported by Governor DeSantis to detain migrants labeled 'criminal'.
• Friends of the Everglades, the Center for Biological Diversity and other environmental groups filed Endangered Species Act suits asserting the project violates federal law and threatens local wildlife.