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Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention facility to be empty 'within a few days'

Beds are seen inside a migrant detention center, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," located at the site of the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport, in Ochopee, Florida on July 1, 2025.

The immigration detention center in Florida's Everglades will soon be empty. State officials expect the facility to have no detainees "within a few days."

(Image credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds)

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