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‘Deportation Depot’ Has Opened in Baker County, Now Housing 117 Detainees, DeSantis Tells Fox News
The Deportation Depot opened to support Florida's immigration enforcement, currently housing 117 detainees with capacity for 1,500, amid ongoing legal challenges to other centers.
- Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced on Friday that the new immigrant detention facility called 'Deportation Depot' in Baker County is now open and housing detainees.
- DeSantis said the facility opened due to demand for more space, converting the pre-existing, vacant Baker County Correctional Institution to speed up deportations.
- The facility mirrors the state's 'Alligator Alcatraz' in South Florida and offers medical care, legal access, and recreation, currently holding 117 detainees with a 1,500 capacity.
- DeSantis rejected claims of the facility soon closing, stating "we'll fill it up quickly" and emphasized the mission to continue enforcing immigration laws and returning illegal aliens home.
- The opening follows a federal appeals court pausing a judge's order to close Alligator Alcatraz, and the state plans to explore a third site called 'Panhandle Pokey' to support federal efforts.
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1st Group of Immigrant Detainees Arrives at Florida's 'Deportation Depot'
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Orlando SentinelNew ‘Deportation Depot’ immigrant detention center opens in north Florida
The facility is the second Florida opened this summer, along with Alligator Alcatraz.
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By Isabel Rosales and Shawn Nottingham, CNN Florida's newest immigration detention center, "Deportation Depot," is now housing detainees, state officials reported Friday. The facility, located at the state's Baker Correctional Institution, houses 117 detainees and has the capacity to hold up to 1,500 people, according to Gov. Ron DeSantis' office. The temporarily closed state prison is located about 45 miles west of Jacksonville, near the Osceol…
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