Alligator Alcatraz: American history from the dark side Yeah, it's a concentration camp. It's also a meme, a troll and an especially ugly distillation of American history.

The location of Trump's immigrant detention center has a painful history of incarceration, abuse, and private interests.

On July 16, days after the first media investigations about sparse criminal backgrounds among the population were published, Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., characterized the migrants at Alligator Alcatraz ...

The Trump administration’s push to quickly ramp up immigration arrests has led to overcrowding at ICE facilities and ...

Newsweek spoke with the attorney of a detainee and the friend of another. Both described harrowing conditions at the remote ...

The public needs clear, accurate language. The stakes are too high for us to play along with the Trump administration’s ...

The history of the 'Alligator Alcatraz' airstrip and how Palm Beach County was involved. Eliot Kleinberg and Holly Baltz. Tue, June 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM UTC. 10 min read.

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem after touring a migrant detention center, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," at the site of the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport, Ochopee, Florida ...

The history of the 'Alligator Alcatraz' airstrip and how Palm Beach County was involved. Eliot Kleinberg and Holly Baltz. Palm Beach Post. A proposed "South Florida Jetport," five times the size ...

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