President Trump has made it official: the FEMA money Joe Biden used to put illegal aliens in New York’s luxury hotels was flipped to build “Alligator Alcatraz” in Florida, a new migrant detention center so remote that Trump joked he wouldn’t even hike near it.

Standing at the freshly transformed Miami-Dade Collier Training Facility, Trump toured the site and then sat down for a roundtable, reminding America exactly what Biden’s “border crisis” costs taxpayers—and how fast that cash can be repurposed when someone willing to act is in charge.

“It’s a great honor to be deep in Florida — the Florida Everglades — to open America’s newest migrant detention center, incredibly built, and you’re seeing that yourself,” Trump said, calling it a “great day” for border security.

They’re calling it “Alligator Alcatraz” for a reason. Ten miles of swamp encircle the facility on every side. The only way out for the illegal aliens processed there? Deportation. And Trump says many are already choosing to self-deport.

“We’re surrounded by miles of treacherous swamp land, and the only way out is really deportation,” Trump explained, noting that “quite a few were amazed at actually the number we took the FEMA money that Joe Biden allocated to pay for the free luxury hotel rooms… and we used it to build this project.”

Trump didn’t hold back. He torched Biden’s absurd policy of paying for illegals to lounge in prime Manhattan hotels, draining millions from taxpayers while American families struggle with housing costs, border chaos, and crime spikes.

“Almost 50 percent of those hotel rooms are taken up by migrant asylum seekers that we are paying for,” New York Mayor Eric Adams admitted last year. Rooms that should have been for tourists and working families were handed to migrants for free, driving up hotel prices across the city and gutting New York’s tourism economy.

Trump’s campaign has repeatedly hammered Biden for using FEMA and taxpayer dollars to fund this luxury hotel welfare for illegal aliens. Now, “Alligator Alcatraz” is a direct rebuke to that policy, sending a message that illegal entry will not be rewarded but will be met with detention and removal.

Alligator Alcatraz is already operational and expected to begin processing migrants immediately. Trump described it as a model for efficient immigration enforcement, built in just eight days with DHS cooperation, proving the government can move fast when there’s political will.

“But very soon, this facility will house some of the most menacing migrants, some of the most vicious people on the planet,” Trump warned, noting the violent criminal element that often crosses the border under Biden’s failed policies.

The symbolism of the location wasn’t lost on Trump. With the Everglades on all sides, escape isn’t an option, and the message to would-be border crossers is clear: America is reclaiming its sovereignty.

Trump also took the opportunity to remind voters how Biden’s policies have prioritized illegal migrants over Americans, from luxury hotels in New York to sanctuary city payouts across blue states. Under Biden, the open border crisis turned into a taxpayer-funded circus; under Trump, it’s being shut down, swamp by swamp.

This is the kind of pivot that resonates with voters who are sick of watching the border crisis eat away at their communities while Democrats call for more spending. Trump flipped the narrative—and the funding—back to protecting American families.

Alligator Alcatraz is now live, and so is the message: under Trump, the border crisis won’t be met with luxury hotels—it will be met with consequences.