Five more large-scale detention facilities like ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ coming soon, Noem says
By
Zach LaChance
July 12, 2025 7:29 pm
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced on Saturday that she is in talks with five more Republican governors to develop new large-scale immigrant detention facilities in their respective states.
The announcement follows shortly after the opening of Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz,” a new immigrant detention facility located in the Everglades that is jointly run by state officials and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
Noem teased the facilities’ development in remarks to the media from Tampa, Florida, saying that those states, which she declined to name but have Republican governors, are using Alligator Alcatraz as a “model.”
“We’re looking at other locations as well. We’ve had several other states that are actually using Alligator Alcatraz as a model for how they can partner with us as well,” she said.
The homeland security secretary also revealed that those talks with the Republican governors are “ongoing,” with announcements on any planned immigrant detention facilities “coming soon.”
“As you all know, we need to double our capacity and detention beds because we need to facilitate getting people out of this country as fast as possible and to sustain our operations,” Noem added.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3469616/five-more-large-scale-detention-facilities-like-alligator-alcatraz-coming-soon-noem-says/
