Trump announced on Tuesday that his administration is already working on reopening the original Alcatraz, in California. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

During a visit to the official opening on Tuesday of a detention center dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," President Donald Trump joked that former President Joe Biden once wanted him locked up in a migrant cage. The contentious detention center was a proposed project by Republican lawmakers who support Trump's harsh immigration crackdown.