During a visit to Florida’s brand‑new migrant detention complex—nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz” for its location deep in the Everglades—President Donald Trump said he is seriously weighing whether to have former Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas arrested and prosecuted for what he called “border sabotage.”
Standing alongside Governor Ron DeSantis and current DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, Trump spoke to reporters after touring the sprawling facility, which is designed to hold thousands of migrants behind a natural moat of alligator‑filled swamps. Blaze correspondent Julio Rosas pressed the president on whether Mayorkas should face criminal charges, noting that many Trump supporters have been demanding action.
Trump’s first question was whether Mayorkas ever received a presidential pardon. When informed he had not, the president replied that “everything is on the table,” arguing that Mayorkas “allowed the country to be overrun” and therefore could be “very vulnerable” to prosecution.
The former secretary was impeached in the House earlier this year but survived a Senate trial—an outcome Trump dismissed as a “phony, political acquittal.” He added that, in his view, the border policies overseen by Mayorkas and the Biden administration represent “the worst failure of any modern presidency.”
Whether an indictment will follow remains to be seen, but the president left little doubt that Mayorkas’ legal exposure is now a live question—and that “Alligator Alcatraz” may become the backdrop for a new phase in the nation’s heated immigration debate.
