Deportation flights from Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center have begun, DeSantis says
FLORIDA, JUL 25 – The facility holds about 2,000 detainees and has operated multiple deportation flights since opening, aiming to expand capacity as demand rises, officials said.
- Florida's governor Ron DeSantis announced on Friday that deportation flights have begun from a temporary immigration detention center in South Florida.
- The facility, popularly known as 'Alligator Alcatraz,' was rapidly constructed in under two weeks within the Everglades to handle the surge in migrant arrivals.
- During a news conference at the location, DeSantis mentioned that the facility can currently accommodate several thousand detainees and that flights have taken place in recent days.
- He said, "What has been done here has been remarkable" and added, "We can expand that as demand is there," reflecting potential scaling plans for the center.
- The initiation of flights suggests the state aims to actively manage immigration detentions and deportations, with capacity and operations expandable if needed.
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First deportation flights leave Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ as lawsuits mount
The first flights from “Alligator Alcatraz,” Florida’s controversial immigration detention center nestled in the Everglades, departed this week, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday, July 25. Planes took off while immigration advocates, environmentalists and a former immigration commissioner criticized the facility for its conditions, spurring at least one lawsuit. DeSantis announced the flights to a crowd of reporters gathered at the facility, saying…
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