Fla. AG: ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Perfect Site for Migrants

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier told Breitbart on Thursday that the swamps of the Everglades are the “perfect location” to house illegal immigrants, noting that Mother Nature has already provided the ideal perimeter. 

On Monday it was reported that Florida is planning to build a detention center for illegal aliens affectionately known as “alligator Alcatraz.”

The preliminary plan calls for converting the 17,000-acre Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport into a massive lockup. The detention center is expected to have 5,000 beds when it reaches full capacity, with 2,500 of them ready by the end of July. 

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