The Department of Homeland Security sent the left into a meltdown after sharing a post of alligators as ICE agents.
The AI-generated meme was shared on X as President Donald Trump’s administration moves ahead with Alligator Alcatraz, a migrant detention center in the heart of the Florida Everglades.
“Coming soon!” DHS captioned the post that depicted alligators in ICE baseball caps.
Coming soon! pic.twitter.com/v3DCJsrDwV
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) June 28, 2025
Alligator Alcatraz is situated on the site of an abandoned airfield, with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s administration utilizing emergency powers to authorize the facility, which is initially set to have 500 to 1,000 beds.
“Clearly, from a security perspective, if someone escapes, you know, there’s a lot of alligators. No one’s going anywhere,” DeSantis said last week.
President Trump is expected to attend the opening of the facility this week, accompanied by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem.
JUST IN: President Trump is set to attend the opening of Alligator Alcatraz on Tuesday, per NBC
THOUSANDS of illegals are expected to be moved there in mere days.
Hopefully he’ll be announcing more of these facilities around the country! pic.twitter.com/PPJaZY8ByW
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) June 29, 2025
News of the president’s planned attendance for Tuesday’s grand opening was celebrated on X.
JUST IN:
Trump plans to attend opening of ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ on Tuesday !!#Trump
This is epic pic.twitter.com/NESCq7FEn3
— SKYWatcher (@FirusLuchador) June 30, 2025
BREAKING: President Trump will ATTEND the opening of Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz on Tuesday, according to NBC.
Every state in America should have at least one of these to hold and quickly deport illegal aliens!
THIS IS WHAT I VOTED FOR!
— Bo Loudon (@BoLoudon) June 29, 2025
Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity sued the state last week over the planned facility, but the governor has defended the idea.
“Governor Ron DeSantis has insisted that Florida will be a force multiplier for federal immigration enforcement, and this facility is a necessary staging operation for mass deportations located at a pre-existing airport that will have no impact on the surrounding environment,” said Bryan Griffin, a spokesman for DeSantis. “We look forward to litigating this case.”
Former CIA officer Christopher Burgess slammed the ICE alligator post as “Disgusting.” He wasn’t the only one triggered by the image.
“This is not a joke – this is state-sponsored intimidation,” one social media user fumed. “We are treating human beings like prey.”
“A horrendous lack of humanity,” wrote Brett Bruen, a former U.S. diplomat.
Disgustingly dangerous administration run by a bunch of childish morons. #GlobalLaughingStock
— Mark Farina (@djmarkfarina) June 28, 2025
How could this possibly be an actual government account?
How can people be cheering for this?
— Lauren (@MsTeamKK) June 29, 2025
It seemed the alligator meme didn’t sit too well with others who had more subdued reactions.
We live in the most interesting times.
— Paul A. Szypula (@Bubblebathgirl) June 28, 2025
This administration is doing good things, but the utter lack of seriousness of your comms team really sucks.
No one takes you seriously with posts like this
— T.A.R.S. (@TARSRel0aded) June 28, 2025
But there were plenty of other X users who found some humor in the post and cheered on the serious response to those breaking U.S. immigration laws.
Alligator Alcatraz is going to be
— Shawn Farash (@Shawn_Farash) June 28, 2025
I voted for this! Like if you agree
— Cash Loren (@CashLorenShow) June 28, 2025
That’s a legendary X post right there. Give that person a raise.
— Sudsy Monchik (@SudsyM) June 28, 2025
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida. Powers also contributes to BizPac Review.
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