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

Major DeSantis contributor was awarded Alligator Alcatraz contract - Everglades facility is already targeted by lawsuits from environmental groups who say DeSantis overstepped authority to speed devel

At the direction of Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida is quickly constructing a $450 million-a-year immigration detention center, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz."

The detention immigration facility is located in an idle airstrip in the Everglades that the DeSantis administration recently seized from Miami-Dade County using emergency powers.

Florida's Ron DeSantis spent $450 million in taxpayer dollars to build his Everglades gulag - only to have it flood on the first day. As soon as the proud governor's so-called Alligator Alcatraz opened its doors yesterday,

The mocking of immigrant detainees harks back to “the worst parts of our history” when similar jokes and tropes, such as “gator bait,” were used to dehumanize Black people and desensitize people to the harm and violence inflicted upon them, says ACLU Florida Executive Director Bacardi Jackson.

Campaign donors cash in at Alligator Alacatraz as Gov Ron DeSantis uses ’emergency’ declaration to skirt competitive bidding rules for $450 million project

The environmental impacts will be devastating,' the groups wrote to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida