Gov. DeSantis Holds News Conference in ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
OCHOPEE, FLORIDA, JUL 25 – Governor DeSantis addressed immigration and detention policies during his visit to the Alligator Alcatraz migrant detention center, a key facility in Florida's border management system.
- On Friday morning, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis addressed the media at the immigration detention facility known as "Alligator Alcatraz" located in Ochopee.
- The conference addressed allegations of poor conditions and aimed to debunk false claims about medical neglect at the facility, which opened July 1 amid backlash.
- DeSantis and officials including Kevin Guthrie and Larry Keefe emphasized the center holds 2,000 detainees currently, can expand to 4,000, and has adequate medical staff and supplies.
- DeSantis urged illegal immigrants to self-deport via the Department of Homeland Security program offering cost-free travel, fines forgiveness, and a $1,000 exit bonus upon arrival.
- Officials forecast surges in arrests and expanded deportations, noting that about 100 detainees have already been flown to other countries from the facility's own runway.
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DeSantis Says Hundreds of Illegal Aliens Have Already Been Deported from Alligator Alcatraz
via Ron DeSantis X Account Florida Governor Ron DeSantis held a press conference at “Alligator Alcatraz” on Friday morning and announced that hundreds of illegal aliens have already passed through the center and been deported. DeSantis said that flights have begun taking off from the Everglades deportation center’s on-site runway and will increase. We stood up Alligator Alcatraz in just eight days as a centralized facility for deportation stagi…
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