{"id":7724,"date":"2025-08-28T22:34:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T22:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realvoicestudio.com\/?p=7724"},"modified":"2025-08-28T22:34:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T22:34:03","slug":"what-is-the-annual-cost-of-alligator-alcatraz-to-taxpayers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/realvoicestudio.com\/?p=7724","title":{"rendered":"What is the annual cost of Alligator Alcatraz to taxpayers?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"entry-thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"536183954_122286690140026022_2900349838975730299_n\" src=\"https:\/\/trendusa1.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/536183954_122286690140026022_2900349838975730299_n-678x381.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-10\">\n<div id=\"anchorslot\"><\/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","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 centers, the controversial facility is projected to cost U.S. taxpayers a staggering $450 million per year. A Swamp Fortress with Bite Built on an abandoned&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/realvoicestudio.com\/?p=7724\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;What is the annual cost of Alligator Alcatraz to taxpayers?&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/realvoicestudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/realvoicestudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/realvoicestudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realvoicestudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realvoicestudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7724"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/realvoicestudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7726,"href":"https:\/\/realvoicestudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7724\/revisions\/7726"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realvoicestudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/realvoicestudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realvoicestudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realvoicestudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}