Ron DeSantis Wasted $250 Million on Alligator Alcatraz
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The South Florida immigrant detention center nicknamed "Alligator Alcatraz" is closing shop due to a court order. What did it cost taxpayers?
Florida’s Governor insists the state’s deportation mission continues apace, even as an email from Florida’s Director of Emergency Management (DEM) says Alligator Alcatraz will soon have zero inmates. “They’re deporting them very quickly. And that’s a good thing. That’s what we want,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said while speaking in Orlando.
A top Florida official says the controversial state-run immigration detention facility in the Everglades will likely be empty in a matter of days, even as Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration fights a federal judge’s order to shutter the
DeSantis administration lacks authority to operate "Alligator Alcatraz," lawsuit alleges 00:37. Calling it "exactly the kind of disaster that Congress took pains to avoid," attorn
Gov. DeSantis insisted the facility remains in use, but said numbers rise and fall as undocumented immigrants are deported.