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

An employee said the company isn't setting up the immigration detention site, Alligator Alcatraz, and is only providing meals for workers.

Florida has converted an isolated airport in the Everglades into a massive immigration detention center called "Alligator Alcatraz."

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.

Scratching Connection Between Alligator Alcatraz And Liberal Policy “The View” co-host Sunny Hostin railed about Americans complaining about affordable housing on Friday since Alligator Alcatraz was built “in just eight days.

As Florida moved quickly to build an immigration detention facility in the Everglades, some critics likened the site to a concentration camp. Some TikTok videos attempted to lend credence to the analogy: Alligator Alcatraz, they said, is getting incinerators.

In a newly filed legal notice, environmental groups accused the government agencies of ignoring even more environmental regulations while building and opening Alligator Alcatraz, despite the governor's pledge to have "zero impacts" on the Everglades.