Photos of Trump Touring an Immigration Detention Center Dubbed ‘Alligator Alcatraz'
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem accompanied Trump on the tour. Originally expected to hold 5,000 people, the center will house around 3,000.
It was rapidly constructed by the DeSantis administration in eight days over 10 miles of swampland and is equipped with extensive security, including barbed wire, cameras and 400 personnel.
Immigrant advocates, environmental activists and Native Americans defending their ancestral homelands have thronged to the airstrip to protest.
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