The “Alcatraz” crocodile provides a “political blessing” by Ron Desantis and its highest allies
Talhaasi, Florida-in the direction of state governor Ron Desantis, Florida, is quickly building a 450 million dollar detention center annually in the heart of Evergels as part of the state batch to coordinate with the aggressive immigration agenda of President Donald Trump.
The facility, which was called “Alcatraz”, received unofficially, a great recovery and legal challenge, but it also served as a blessing of the national appearance of Desantis and its appointed public lawyer, James Othiar. Both received waves of national attention – and an increase in their political stock.
“They are closing people in a quagmire in severe heat without any clear plan for human circumstances,” Senator in the state of Florida Chevrene Jones said in an invitation with the journalists organized by the Democrats in Florida on Friday morning.
This effort was led by Othiar, the former chief of staff of Desantis-who appointed him this year to occupy the position of Public Prosecutor in Florida-to create a copy of South Florida, which focused on immigrants, which was a prison from San Francisco, which cannot be focused on that he could not be in a place in San Francisco.
Desantis has made a long application to enforce immigration from its political messages, so the efforts made to build a wonderful facility surrounded by swamps, snakes and crocodiles, consistent with the goals of the comprehensive policy of the administration.
But this effort had an additional impact on the amplification of its political file after a 2024 presidential offer, and the UTHMEIEER wealth, which will be in voting for the first time during the mid -year 2026.
“This will be a double of strength, and we are really happy to work with the federal government to meet President Trump’s mandate,” said Desantis on Friday morning.
The transition to increase the strengthening of the status of Florida, as the country that works hard to enact policies corresponds to the immigration agenda in Trump is not the new thing, but the creation of the Alcatraz crocodile is undoubtedly the highest effort so far, and it has come with the benefit of the popularity of the Republican base.
The Fox News Desantis interview gave a high -level platform on Friday, but since June 18, the term “ALCATRAZ” has received unique signals on almost 3,400 national and local media, according to TVEYES, a service indicating the media. It is a clear indication that for the first time since its failed presidential show, Desantis penetrates the ecosystem of the national media.
His supporters say his immigration policies are the occasion, and good policy is just a natural secondary product.
“Unlike the economy, immigration is the first issue between Republican voters,” said Nick -Euerusi, the pressure groups in Florida and Moayad Desantes for a long time. “If the ruler and the public lawyer are strong in immigration and support the immigration agenda of President Trump, this will enhance his popularity with the base and the president.”
“Alcatraz is designed to impose immigration laws and maintain people’s safety,” he added. “It is a victory for them.”
Trump was not yet in harmony with the idea, but the Ministry of Internal Security submitted the federal signature necessary for Florida to operate the facility, and the Minister of Internal Security Christie sleep praised the effort in a statement this week.
She said: “Under the leadership of President Trump, we are working at a speed of turbo on costly and innovative ways to provide the American people’s authorization to the mass deportation of illegal criminal foreigners.” “We will expand the facilities and bed spaces in only days, thanks to our partnership with Florida.”
The White House did not respond to a request for a comment for this story.
Trump’s adviser told NBC News that the president supports “any proposal or initiative that helps his effort to remove illegal from our country,” but he said they are not sure of when, or if, Trump will comment on the idea of Florida publicly.
Desantis, the Desantis Administration says, says that the housing detainees are scheduled to start as soon as possible on Tuesday, just seven days after the construction began. Democrats, immigration activists, and the environment concerned with the impact of housing have criticized 3,000 people on some of the most environmentally sensitive lands in the country.
On Friday, environmental groups filed a lawsuit trying to prevent the plan, on the pretext that they could have devastating effects on Everglades.
“The site is more than 96 % of wetlands, surrounded by the major national reserve in Cypress, a home to Florida -threatened with extinction and other famous species,” said Eve, Executive Director of Florida Everglades friends, among the groups that sue the site. “This scheme is not only harsh, but also threatens the ecological system of Everglades, which was spent by federal and bitter tax drivers for its protection.”
The land that is used, almost two hours away to the west of Miami, is a little air landing owned by Miami Dead Province, but it was seized by the state for the facility under the emergency powers that were enacted by Desantis in 2023 as part of the immigration campaign. Under these authorities, the state can take over the Earth for activities related to immigration enforcement.
The mayor of Miami Province, Dead Daniela Levin Cava, a democratic study in the field of the ruler in 2026, opposed the plan.
Despite the decline, the Desantis administration has implemented the UTHMEIEER plan at a superpower.
Using the emergency powers, Florida, led by the Emergency Management Department, brought tents, construction crews and mobile toilets, and rented nearly ten sellers, and seized the ground and said that the site is working in only seven days.
From a political perspective, the batch helped to create a migration detention center in the center of a quagmire in Florida also in collecting donations.
UTHMEIER works to build its campaigns’s infrastructure before 2026 and witnessed a “boost to collect donations during the past week,” according to a source of a campaign familiar with its numbers. The Republican Party in Florida witnessed an increase in traffic on its website and 400 % -500 % donation links in the same time period, according to a party official. It has also started Sale of “Alcatraz” goodsIncluding shirts and hats, on its website.
It comes at a time when the political future of Desantis is uncertain. He is limited to the duration and cannot seek to be re -elected as a ruler, but a lot of doubts that he is looking to run for the presidency in 2028. early 2028. Public polls He was not nice with Desantis, as he generally showed him JD Vance, the current front candidate, and Foreign Minister Marco Rubio, who is also from Florida.
“For someone who wants to run for the presidency, I am not sure how this could have been better,” said one of the veteran pollinations in the Republican Party. “He needed to try to penetrate somehow, and it seems so far that he is working for him. I don’t know whether he had a real snapshot, but this type of things can only help in the base looking for Trump’s apparent heir.”
For UTHMEIER, it also enhances his profile, a step required for an unknown public lawyer and eager to try off a dangerous basic competitor. Desantis began to obtain a national recognition of the idea of Alcatraz, but in the end it was led by Uthmeier, who gets more media attention as a result.
Evan Power, head of the Republican Party, Ivan Power, said in a letter to NBC News: “The Alcatraz crocodile was a blessing for the press for Florida, where he got the attention of the ruler Desantis.” “A greater winner, although the Prosecutor James Othiar, who was regular on TV, was to sell a very common idea with the Republican base.”
Despite early political success, there is still a single threshold that has not yet been completely cleared: Trump’s general praise.
“We can slip on the air force on the right there,” Desantis said during an interview “Fox & Friends” from the Air Force in South Florida when he was asked about Trump coming to visit the site. “No problem. We’ll do it.”
“I think the president will admire what these men are doing here,” he said.