Everglades, Alligator Alcatraz
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The plan to build an immigration detention facility at Camp Blanding in Clay County is meeting with community pushback on the heels of the opening of Alligator Alcatraz in the Florida Everglades.
ICE received additional funding from President Trump's "big, beautiful bill," and Alligator Alcatraz began operating.
Dozens of trucks carrying supplies could be seen going in and out of the facility on Saturday as protesters waved their signs towards them.
Trump is celebrating — and even joking about — the harsh conditions of the controversial immigration detention facility in Florida.
Demonstrators gathered at the entrance to the new Florida Everglades migrant detention center dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" as President Trump made an opening-day visit to the controversial facility on Tuesday.
On Sunday two men stood in front of Alligator Alcatraz to show support for the detention center. One held a sign that read, “Welcome to Paradise. Don’t feed the animals.” Th