Trump Admin Pays Florida First $58 Million in ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Reimbursements, State Says

The Trump administration paid Florida $58 million on May 18 — the first of promised federal reimbursements for operating the Everglades immigrant detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz.” The Federal Emergency Management Agency notified the state’s emergency managers of the payment three days earlier, drawing the controversial state-run facility deeper into the federally funded detention apparatus.