Noem wants 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention centers near airport runways across US to boost migrant deportation 'efficienc

Earlier DU thread: Kristi Noem says "Alligator Alcatraz" to be model for ICE state-run detention centers

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Source: The Independent

Noem wants ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention centers near airport runways across US to boost migrant deportation ‘efficiency’

Trump administration’s mass deportation machine is working at ‘turbo speed’ to open more ICE facilities, officials say

Alex Woodward
in New York
Monday 04 August 2025 19:31 BST

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem envisions more “Alligator Alcatraz”-like immigration detention centers across the country, including near airport runways, to boost the “efficiency” of Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda.

The Florida facility is serving as a model for state-run detention centers, and “the locations we’re looking at are right by airport runways that will help give us an efficiency that we've never had before,” Noem told CBS News.

Noem told the network she has appealed directly to state officials, and “most of them are interested.”

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The administration has reportedly sought out facilities in Arizona, Nebraska and Louisiana, which currently houses the only Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center on a tarmac. The Alexandria Staging Facility sits across from the Alexandria International Airport, which has emerged as the nation’s deportation capital under the Trump administration.

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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/kristi-noem-alligator-alcatraz-ice-airports-b2801762.html

Alternate link: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/noem-wants-alligator-alcatraz-detention-183101182.html