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Trump tours an immigration detention center dubbed 'Alligator Alcatraz'
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Trump tours an immigration detention center dubbed 'Alligator Alcatraz'

  • Associated Press
  • Jul 1, 2025
  • Jul 1, 2025 Updated May 29, 2026
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President Donald Trump, Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and others tour "Alligator Alcatraz," a new migrant detention facility at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility, on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla.

Evan Vucci, Associated Press
Trump-Immigration Protest

Protesters march Tuesday, July 1, 2025, outside the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport where President Donald Trump appeared in Ochopee, Fla.

Michael Laughlin, Associated Press
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President Donald Trump tours "Alligator Alcatraz," a new migrant detention facility at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility, on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla.

Evan Vucci, Associated Press
Trump-Immigration Protest

Protesters march Tuesday, July 1, 2025, outside the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport where President Donald Trump appeared in Ochopee, Fla.

Michael Laughlin, Associated Press
Trump

President Donald Trump listens to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, as they and others tour "Alligator Alcatraz," a new migrant detention facility at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility, in Ochopee, Fla.

Evan Vucci, Associated Press
Trump-Immigration Protest

Protesters march Tuesday, July 1, 2025, outside the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport where President Donald Trump appeared in Ochopee, Fla.

Michael Laughlin, Associated Press
APTOPIX Trump

President Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and others tour "Alligator Alcatraz," a new migrant detention facility at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility, on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla.

Evan Vucci, Associated Press
Trump-Immigration Protest

A truck drives past the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport where President Donald Trump appeared Tuesday, July 1, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla.

Michael Laughlin, Associated Press
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks Tuesday, July 1, 2025, during a roundtable at "Alligator Alcatraz," a new migrant detention facility at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility in Ochopee, Fla.

Evan Vucci, Associated Press
Trump Immigration

President Donald Trump talks with Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis during a roundtable Tuesday, July 1, 2025, at "Alligator Alcatraz," a new migrant detention facility at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility in Ochopee, Fla.

Evan Vucci, Associated Press
APTOPIX Trump

Gov. Ron DeSantis, President Donald Trump, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and others tour "Alligator Alcatraz," a new migrant detention facility at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility, on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla.

Evan Vucci, Associated Press

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