Florida to receive federal funds to build immigration detention sites, including "Alligator Alcatraz," Noem says [View all]
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Updated on: June 23, 2025 / 8:58 PM EDT / CBS News
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday the federal government will fund an effort by Florida to set up immigration detention centers, which include a proposed site in the Everglades that state officials have dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz."
Noem said the detention facilities in Florida will be funded "in large part" by the Federal Emergency Management Agency's shelter and services program, an initiative created by Congress to support groups and cities receiving migrants and asylum-seekers released from federal custody along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Primarily charged with overseeing disaster relief efforts, FEMA is an agency within the Department of Homeland Security that has faced significant cuts under the second Trump administration.
"Under President Trump's leadership, we are working at turbo speed on cost-effective and innovative ways to deliver on the American people's mandate for mass deportations of criminal illegal aliens," Noem said in a statement to CBS News. "We will expand facilities and bed space in just days, thanks to our partnership with Florida."
Officials in Tallahassee first announced plans to help the federal government expand its capacity to hold detainees awaiting deportation last week. .....................................
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