As Trump, Desantis move forward to build, Alligator Alcatraz, an immigration detention center in the heart of the Everglades, here's what you need to know., "Alligator Alcatraz" is the nickname for a planned temporary immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades., According to the Florida National Parks Association, humans have inhabited the Big Cypress Swamp – the wetlands that encompass the proposed "Alligator Alcatraz" site – for almost 3,000 years., Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told multiple media outlets the federal government will fund the state's plans to construct the facility, which officials are referring to as "Alligator Alcatraz.", Isolated Everglades airfield outside Miami that Florida officials said an immigration detention facility dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” is just days away from being operational., Because of its closeness to the top predators, Florida officials are renaming an Everglades airfield “Alligator Alcatraz” and converting it into a migrant detention facility..