WATCH: A Look into ‘Alligator Alcatra

Trump’s new deportation fortress rises from the Everglades like a threat.

One road in. No way back. They’re calling it “Alligator Alcatraz” — a 5,000-bed swamp prison built in days, ringed by predators and politics.

Supporters cheer.

In the middle of the Everglades, the Miami-Dade Collier Training Facility has been reborn as a symbol of Trump’s second-term agenda: speed, spectacle, and unapologetic force.

Finished in just over a week, the spartan rows of beds are designed less as a destination than a warning.

DeSantis openly boasts that fear of “Alligator Alcatraz” will push people to leave on their own, while Trump’s silent nod beside him signals full approval of that strategy.

For the White House, the message is blunt: this is not a debate about nuance, but a demonstration of power.

Karoline Leavitt’s description — one road in, a one-way flight out, surrounded by “dangerous wildlife and unforgiving terrain” — turns immigration enforcement into theater.

Whether seen as necessary protection or chilling cruelty, the facility is meant to be copied.

Today it’s Florida’s model. Tomorrow, it could redefine America’s border playbook.