TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — President Donald Trump, Gov. Ron DeSantis and other officials toured Wani Alcatraz, the Everglades’ new immigration detention facility.
Media crews also saw the housing in the facility. This shows a bunk bed surrounded by a chain link fence in an air-conditioned tent.
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Below is a set of photos from the tour.
US President Donald Trump will tour an immigration detention center called “Crocodile Alcatraz” located at the Dade Collier Training and Transition Airport in O’Copy, Florida on July 1, 2025. Trump is expected to attend the opening of the 5,000-bed facility at an abandoned airfield in the Everglades wetlands, part of an expansion of undocumented deportation of migrants, his spokesperson said. (Photo: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP) (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)Toilets and beds will be found in an immigration detention center called “Alligator Alcatraz” at the location of Dade Carier Training and Transition Airport in O’Coupe, Florida on July 1, 2025. US President Donald Trump is visiting the immigration detention center of “Alligator Alcatraz” in Florida Doom, which he touched on. Trump is expected to attend the opening of the 5,000-bed facility at an abandoned airfield in the Everglades wetlands, part of an expansion of undocumented deportation of migrants, his spokesperson said. (Photo: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP) (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)As President Donald Trump tours the facility in O’Coupe, Florida on July 1, 2025, the beds will be found inside an immigration detention center called “Alligator Alcatraz” at the location of Superintendent Dade’s training and transition airport. Trump is expected to attend the opening of the 5,000-bed facility at an abandoned airfield in the Everglades wetlands, part of an expansion of undocumented deportation of migrants, his spokesperson said. (Photo: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP) (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)President Donald Trump will speak on Tuesday, July 1, 2025 as Christie Nom of O’Copy, Florida, at the Roundtable of Alligator Alcatraz, the new immigration detention facility at the Dade Carrier Training and Transition Facility. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)President Donald Trump will walk across the Southern Lawn of the White House to talk to the media on his way to Florida on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, on his way to Andrews, Maryland. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)President Donald Trump will talk on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, in O’Copy, Florida, as he tours Homeland Security Secretary Christa Noem, Other Right, Dade Carrier Training and Transition facility’s new immigration detention facility, Alligator Alcatraz (AP Photo/Evan vucci)R-Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis will listen during the roundtable of Alligator Alcatraz, the new immigration detention facility at Dade Carrier Training and Transition Facility, Opportune, Florida, on Tuesday, July 1, 2025 (AP Photo/Evan Vocchi)President Donald Trump, RON DESANTIS, R-FLA GOV. RON-FLA. , Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and others, FLA, Tuesday, July 1, 2025.President Donald Trump, Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-FLA. , and Homeland Security Secretary Christa Noem and others will tour “Alligator Alcatraz,” the new immigration detention facility at the Dade Collier Training and Transition facility in O’Copy, Florida on Tuesday, July 1, 2025.
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