Trump Vetoes Bill Benefiting Indian Tribe Suing To Shut Down Alligator Alcatraz

President Donald Trump vetoed legislation on Tuesday that would have sent infrastructure funding to a Florida-based American Indian tribe currently suing to shut down Alligator Alcatraz.

In one of the first vetoes of his second term, Trump rejected the Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments Act, citing the tribe’s opposition to his immigration policies and the cost of the legislation. The bill would have expanded the portion of Everglades National Park reserved for the Miccosukee Tribe and required the Department of the Interior to provide anti-flooding infrastructure for the added land. 

“My Administration is committed to preventing American taxpayers from funding projects for special interests, especially those that are unaligned with my Administration’s policy of removing violent criminal illegal aliens from the country,” Trump wrote in his veto message. “Ending the massive cost of taxpayer handouts and restoring fiscal sanity is vital to economic growth and the fiscal health of the Nation.”

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