Homeland Security Secretary Christie Noem will speak at a press conference at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia on July 8, 2025. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images
Homeland Security Secretary Christie Noem said on July 12 that five Republican-led states were discussing plans to build detention sites within the borders similar to Florida’s “Wannial Catraz.”
Noem held a press conference in Tampa, Florida on Saturday to discuss illegal immigrants who were recently arrested by the Department of Homeland Security and were deported via the sunlight. She asked several questions about Florida’s new crocodile Alcatraz and praised the temporary detention facility.
