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[quote=Anonymous]An immigration detention center has been constructed and was expected to open this week on an airfield in the Everglades, about 45 miles west of Miami, Florida, to house as many as 5,000 detainees before deportation. State officials dubbed the facility “Alligator Alcatraz” because the surrounding swampy area is inhabited by alligators, pythons and mosquitoes, and its isolation is reminiscent of the infamous, former federal prison on an island in San Francisco Bay.

We received several emails from readers asking about the facility and whether it was being funded by FEMA.

[b]The initial $450 million needed to create and operate the detention center in its first year was provided by the state of Florida, WINK News reported. The state will seek reimbursement through FEMA’s Shelter and Services Program, not the agency’s Disaster Relief Fund, which supports recovery efforts associated with major disasters and emergencies. As we’ve written, the Disaster Relief Fund receives separate funding from Congress.

The Shelter and Services Program was approved by Congress and created in 2023 under the Biden administration “to alleviate overcrowding in short-term [Customs and Border Protection] holding facilities and support non-federal entities with shelter and related activities for noncitizens released from [Department of Homeland Security] custody and awaiting their immigration court proceedings,” a 2024 DHS report explained.[/b]

https://www.factcheck.org/2025/07/a-dedicated-fema-fund-will-pay-for-alligator-alcatraz/[/quote]

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