Republican states are considering building versions of Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz," a detention facility for illegal immigrants that was celebrated by President Donald Trump.

After Fox News raised the idea of a “Bear Alcatraz” ICE facility in Alaska, the office of Gov. Mike Dunleavy said that the state has no such plans.

Tribal nations with ancestral ties to the land are denouncing the development of 'Alligator Alcatraz' in Big Cypress National Preserve.

The first detainees arrived July 3 at the facility, which will cost $450 million to operate and consists of tents and trailers surrounded by razor wire.

Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) has a "swamp and a dream," and she wants to bring it to the Palmetto State. In a Tuesday, July 1 post on X, Mace praised "Alligator Alcatraz," a new immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades championed by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier and Florida Gov.

Collier could have been home to the Everglades Jetport, the world's largest airport of the future, until environmentalists got involved.

Alaska has joked about setting up a “Bear Alcatraz” to help the Trump administration detain more illegal migrants — as the White House urged Republican states to work with the