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Florida in Secret Talks With Trump on Closing “Alligator Alcatraz”

Florida Concentration Camp in the Everglades

Florida is moving to close the infamous “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration detention center in the Everglades because it has grown too expensive to operate, according to The New York Times.

The embattled facility—which has cost the state of Florida $1 million a day to run—has been beset with allegations of unsafe living conditions, abusive treatment, and protests from Native American groups over its environmental harms. Now the facility that was framed as a huge success by President Trump and Governor DeSantis may collapse in failure.

US Senate GOP Adopts Budget Blueprint Laying Path For Billions For ICE, Border Patrol

Three armed federal officers in bulletproof vests in a hallway.

U.S. Senate Republicans approved a budget resolution early Thursday intended to speed the way for billions for immigration enforcement, sending the measure to the House, where GOP lawmakers in that chamber need to adopt it to unlock the reconciliation process.

The 50-48 vote followed a marathon amendment voting session that Democrats used to highlight policy differences on cost-of-living issues and stalled federal emergency relief dollars for states.

How to Cancel a Concentration Camp

Concentration Camp in the desert

The Department of Homeland Security is currently trying to execute a $40 billion plan to build a national network of concentration camps. They are quietly buying up warehouses to hold thousands of human beings, attempting to construct a detention network that would ultimately eclipse the entire existing federal criminal prison system.

And because they know exactly how politically toxic this is, they are trying to do it in the dark. They have built and continue to build these facilities without congressional approval and without giving warning to the communities forced to host them.

Florida’s Notorious “Alligator Alcatraz” Can Remain Open, Court Rules

Florida Concentration Camp in the Everglades

The infamous Florida immigrant detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” can remain open, an appeals court ruled Tuesday, overturning a lower judge’s decision to close the facility because it violated federal environmental laws.

The ruling is the latest development in the months-long legal battle against the center, which was constructed in the Everglades last summer by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration when the Department of Homeland Security needed more detention space to house immigrants pending their deportations.

Florida Tops The Nation In Ice Arrests This Year, Report Says

ICE arresting and leading away an immigrant

ICE agents in Florida have made more immigration arrests so far this year than counterparts in any other part of the country, outpacing even places with announced “surges,” new data shows.

The Miami Field Office for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Office — which covers Florida, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands — is credited with about 120 arrests per day in 2026 or 9,880 total as of March 10.

Florida Sheriffs Rebel Against Trump’s, Desantis’ Mass Deportation Efforts

Sheriff Grady Judd

Florida’s Republican sheriffs want President Donald Trump to end mass deportations of undocumented immigrants who haven’t committed crimes, a striking shift from law enforcement in the nation’s most aggressive anti-undocumented immigration state. 

“While Congress sits on their hands and does nothing about this, we are on the ground floor with this day in and day out — looking in the eyes of these folks that, yes, came here inappropriately. But some came here inappropriately only to do better for themselves and their family,” Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said Monday during a State Immigration Enforcement Council meeting.

Donald Trump’s Immigration Policies Polling Underwater In Florida, With ICE Rated Far Worse

ICE arresting and leading away an immigrant

A UNF poll shows most Democrats and independents see work by ICE agents in a negative light.

More Florida voters disapprove of President Donald Trump’s handling of immigration than support it.

That’s according to a poll from the University of North Florida’s Public Opinion Research Lab. That showed 49% of likely Midterm voters disapprove of the administration’s immigration policies, while 48% approve. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) received the worst marks, with 55% offering a poor assessment of the federal agency, including 48% who strongly disapprove. Only 42% approve of ICE’s work.

After FAMU Signed ICE Deal, Students Demanded Answers, and Were Met With Silence

FAMU students protesting the 287g agreement with ICE

At Florida A&M University last week, critics of President Donald Trump’s administration took to the heart of campus to say no to what they believe is their university’s complicity with his immigration crackdown.

Dozens of students showed up to the protest organized by FAMU Students for a Democratic Society, a student coalition in Tallahassee, where the university is located.

Leon County Community Packs Forum To Discuss Immigration Enforcement With Local Leaders

City and county officials, law enforcement and community members came together Wednesday for a first-of-its-kind immigration forum hosted by Leon County Indivisible.

A full room of community members gathered to hear from a panel of elected officials and local leaders. Organizers with Leon County Indivisible say the goal of the forum was to bring people together and start open conversations about what kind of immigration enforcement has or hasn’t been happening in our city.