{"id":35751,"date":"2025-08-25T21:29:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T21:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=35751"},"modified":"2025-08-25T21:29:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T21:29:26","slug":"what-is-the-annual-cost-of-alligator-alcatraz-to-taxpayers-my-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=35751","title":{"rendered":"What is the annual cost of Alligator Alcatraz to taxpayers? \u2013 My Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"entry-thumbnail\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-10\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div id=\"anchorslot\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-9\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\"><!-- responsive 1 --><\/p>\n<div id=\"trendusa1.online_responsive_1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Trump\u2019s \u201cAlligator Alcatraz\u201d Raises Eyebrows \u2014 and Taxpayer Costs<br \/>\nPresident Donald Trump\u2019s latest immigration initiative\u2014Alligator Alcatraz\u2014is making waves deep in Florida\u2019s Everglades. Billed as a \u201ccost-effective\u201d alternative to traditional detention centers, the controversial facility is projected to cost U.S. taxpayers a staggering $450 million per year.<\/p>\n<p>A Swamp Fortress with Bite<br \/>\nBuilt on an abandoned airstrip at the Dade-Collier Training and Transport Airport, the detention center is surrounded by d**dly wildlife\u2014pythons, alligators, and clouds of mosquitoes. Trump calls the facility \u201csecure and beautiful,\u201d boasting that \u201cbodyguards\u201d come in the form of alligators.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div id=\"trendusa1.online_responsive_2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-10\">\n<div id=\"anchorslot\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1590529\" data-uid=\"14e79\">\n<div id=\"mgw1590529_14e79\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"mgbox card-media\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1798842\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-12\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1663068\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump\u2019s \u201cAlligator Alcatraz\u201d Raises Eyebrows \u2014 and Taxpayer Costs President Donald Trump\u2019s latest immigration initiative\u2014Alligator Alcatraz\u2014is making waves deep in Florida\u2019s Everglades. Billed as a \u201ccost-effective\u201d alternative to traditional detention &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35751"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35753,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35751\/revisions\/35753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}