COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. – As the first wave of migrant detainees prepares to arrive, Florida officials are finalizing construction on what is being dubbed as “Alligator Alcatraz.”
State workers have installed signs bearing the nickname outside a makeshift detention center deep in the Everglades — just steps away from several live alligators.
Heavy machinery and generators continue to be trucked in as crews race to finish the temporary site, located within the Big Cypress region of the Everglades ecosystem…