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DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin on “Alligator Alcatraz” #shorts 97%
5/14/2026, 3:49:23 AM
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What's the timeline on Alligator Alcatraz, and why shut it down? Is it too expensive? Was this the plan all along? Well, I I don't I don't think we've said we're shutting it down.
That's not That's not been an announcement we've made.
Um but we do understand there's vulnerabilities there. Uh it's a soft-sided facility.
Right now, we have fires that are within 20 mi of it.
Uh it's, you know, we all know that Florida's pretty susceptible to hurricanes. So, I could see where, you know, we may run into a place where we may have to, but it we we have not made any announcement we're shutting Alligator Alley.
>> offer clarity, there are no near-term plans to uh close Alligator Alley.
>> We have plans in case of a of a natural emergency such as a wildfire or or hurricane to have to have to be able to to bring it down and pull the individuals out.
But uh we there's need for us to be able to to flex when we have a big influx of uh illegals. So, A surge capacity.
>> Yeah, there is a such a surge capacity that would be needed.
However, we do also understand it is a it's soft-sided.
And if something arises, we have to pull people out, we do have contingency plans for that.
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