Alligator Alcatraz Now Empty | Seattle News

Seattle News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 14, 2026 · 1m

The “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration detention center in Florida has vanished — tents gone, sign erased, patrol cars departed, leaving behind a ghostly airstrip. Once a political flashpoint championed by Governor DeSantis, the facility, built hastily to support deportation efforts, now stands mostly abandoned amid unresolved lawsuits over environmental damage and legal battles over its closure. With the FAA still listing it as closed until September and future plans uncertain — from eco-preserve to tribal land — the site’s eerie emptiness signals the end of an era, but not without lingering…