<p>Under President Joe Biden, taxpayer dollars kept illegal immigrants housed in luxury hotels. Now, a Republican congressman has introduced a bill that would reappropriate those funds to states that want to build their own versions of Florida&#8217;s &#8220;Alligator Alcatraz.&#8221;</p>
<p>North Carolina Rep. Addison McDowell has introduced the ALCATRAZ Act, The Daily Wire can first report. The bill would provide financial support for states that assist ICE’s illegal alien detention efforts by establishing or maintaining detention facilities, a critical component of the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign.</p>
<p>“Illegal immigrants are here because of the Left’s open border policies. No more.” McDowell told The Daily Wire. “Through codifying President Trump&#8217;s executive actions, no longer will illegals be put up in swanky hotels for extended stays. Now they will face swift deportation.”</p>
<p>“Through the ALCATRAZ Act, we will rapidly expand our available bed space for illegal aliens and facilitate their swift deportations,” the Republican Congressman added. “We could even see the creation of a Tar Heel Tank right here in North Carolina.&#8221;</p>
<p>Officially named the Accelerated Logistics and Coordination for Arresting, Transporting, and Removing Aliens Zones Act, the bill would reallocate the funds from the Biden administration’s Shelter and Services Program, which allowed illegal aliens to <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/05/07/us-news/nearly-2k-migrants-still-housed-in-nycs-historic-roosevelt-hotel-despite-city-saying-it-will-shutter-the-shelter-next-month/">receive housing</a> at the historic Roosevelt Hotel in New York City, to a new fund, called the Detention and Logistics Program.</p>
<p>That program would then be used to reimburse state and local governments that build illegal alien detention centers.</p>
<p>“States like Florida and Indiana are stepping up where Biden Administration bureaucrats failed, and this bill makes sure they have the resources to do it,” charged Congressman Barry Moore, one of the bill’s co-sponsors.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>“If we’re serious about securing the border, we must expand detention capacity and end the days of illegal aliens being housed in luxury hotels on the taxpayers’ dime. This is about placing law, order, and American communities first.&#8221;</p>
<p>The bill is also being co-sponsored by Congressman Pat Harrigan (NC-10), Congressman Tim Moore (NC-14), Congressman Byron Donalds (FL-19), Congresswoman Laurel Lee (FL-15), and Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (CO-04).</p>
<p>“The ALCATRAZ Act is about ending the revolving door at our border. States stepping up to build and operate detention facilities should be backed, not blocked, by Washington,” Rep. Harrigan noted.<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>“I’m proud to cosponsor this bill because it delivers the infrastructure needed to detain and remove illegal aliens while restoring order to a broken system.”</p>
<p>The legislation comes as Republican-led states have worked with the Trump administration to build illegal alien detention facilities. Hundreds of illegal aliens have been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hundreds-of-illegal-aliens-deported-in-first-flights-from-alligator-alcatraz">deported</a> from Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz, and both <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/alligator-alcatraz-has-some-new-competition-the-speedway-slammer">Indiana</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nebraska-to-expand-ice-detention-capacity-with-cornhusker-clink?author=Spencer+Lindquist&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Nebraska+To+Expand+ICE+Detention+Capacity+With+%E2%80%98Cornhusker+Clink%E2%80%99">Nebraska</a> have announced plans to expand ICE detention capacity with facilities of their own — dubbed the Speedway Slammer and Cornhusker Clink, respectively.</p>
<p>“Alligator Alcatraz has provided a model for quickly and efficiently opening new detention facilities to temporarily house illegal aliens before deportation,” McDowell noted. “Instead of housing illegals in swanky hotels, it’s time to expand on this model and disincentivize what has been seen as a free ride.”</p>
<p>The increased detention capacity, the Department of Homeland Security says, is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ice-will-soon-get-more-money-than-the-fbi-have-capacity-for-a-million-annual-deportations?author=Spencer+Lindquist&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=27&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=ICE+Will+Soon+Get+More+Money+Than+The+FBI%2C+Have+Capacity+For+A+Million+Annual+Deportations">critical</a> to increasing the number of illegal alien deportations. The federal agency noted that the passage of the Big Beautiful Bill provided the funding to <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/08/05/speedway-slammer-new-partnership-dhs-and-state-indiana-expand-detention-space">establish</a> a total of 80,000 new illegal alien detention beds.</p>
<p>If passed, the new legislation would also require the Department of Homeland Security to identify wasteful or redundant funding accounts and reallocate the money towards the Detention and Logistics Program.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>“Florida has seen firsthand the strain that illegal immigration places on our communities, our resources, and our law enforcement,” Rep. Laurel Lee stated. “The ALCATRAZ Act ensures that states like Florida will have the support they need to detain and remove illegal aliens swiftly and securely.”</p>
<p>The state of Florida has been locked in a legal battle over Alligator Alcatraz, with a federal judge siding with environmental groups and <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/florida-ron-desantis-appeals-judge-rule-blocking-expasion-alligator-alcatraz/">ruling</a> that construction could not continue at the detention center and that new detainees could not be brought to the site. That ruling was swiftly appealed by Governor Ron DeSantis&#8217; administration.</p>

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