The Trump administration is finally going to spend a decent chunk of Federal Emergency Management Agency funds—but it’s going to be used to build an immigration detention center in Florida. And Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier could not be more hyped.
On Monday, Noem said that FEMA will fund “in large part” the construction of what Uthmeier is calling “Alligator Alcatraz” in a remote part of the Everglades. It will be surrounded by alligators and pythons, making one of President Donald Trump’s first-term fantasies come true. Trump also really wants to reopen the actual Alcatraz in San Francisco, but he might have to settle for this low-rent version for now.
