James Uthmeier

You don’t need to invest that much in the perimeter. If people get out, there’s not much waiting for them other than alligators and pythons.

I’m proud to help support President Trump and Secretary Noem in their mission to fix our illegal immigration problem once and for all.

There's really nowhere to go. If you're housed there, if you're detained there, there's no way in, no way out.

If somebody were to get out, there’s nowhere to run, nowhere to hide — only the alligators and pythons are waiting. That’s why I like to call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’

[I]t is my view that no lawful, legitimate order currently impedes your agencies from continuing to enforce Florida’s new illegal entry and reentry laws.

I’m not going to direct law enforcement to stand down on enforcing the Trump agenda and carrying out Florida’s law.

If being held in contempt is what it costs to defend the rule of law and stand firmly behind President Trump’s agenda on illegal immigration, so be it.

It presents an efficient, low-cost opportunity to build a temporary detention facility because you don't need to invest that much in the perimeter.

Alligator Alcatraz—we're ready to go.

This presents a great opportunity for the state of Florida to work with Miami-Dade and Collier counties.

People get out, there's not much waiting for them other than alligators and pythons. Nowhere to go, nowhere to hide.

Alligator Alcatraz: the one-stop shop to carry out President Trump's mass deportation agenda.

she’s issuing this order and saying you gotta tell them all to stand down. I’m not gonna do that.

This judge is considering whether or not to hold me in contempt. But I am not going to rubber-stamp her order.

I'm not going to bow down.

Attempting to take the life of a former president and a leading presidential candidate isn’t just an attack on one man, this was a political attack against our republican form of government and our shared American values.

zero tolerance for people who abuse women and girls.

They chose to come here and set their feet down in this state and we’re going to pursue every tool we have within our legal authority to hold them accountable.

People can spin or defend however they want, but in Florida, this type of behavior is viewed as atrocious.

Based on a thorough review of the evidence, I've directed the Office of Statewide Prosecution to execute search warrants and issue subpoenas.

These guys have themselves publicly admitted to participating in what very much appears to be soliciting, trafficking, preying upon women around the world.

Florida has zero tolerance for human trafficking and violence against women.

Florida has zero tolerance for human trafficking and violence against women.