Deportation Depot: DeSantis Announces New Migrant Detention Center in Florida - The Virginia Star

Deportation Depot: DeSantis Announces New Migrant Detention Center in Florida - The Virginia Star

by Marielbis Rojas   Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ administration is preparing to open a second immigration detention center, called “Deportation Depot,”  located at the state prison Baker Correctional Institution, the governor announced Thursday. The announcement comes as a federal judge decides the fate of the state immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” located on a remote airstrip in the Florida Everglades. “There’s a d…

Florida Announces Opening of Second Immigration Detention Facility in North Florida

Florida is expanding its immigration enforcement capacity with the opening of a new temporary detention facility in North Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis announced Thursday. The site will be used to process, stage, and return individuals in the country illegally to their countries of origin. “We’ll enforce the law, we’ll hold the line, and we will keep delivering results,” Governor Ron DeSantis said in a press release.  This marks the state’s sec…

Deportation Depot - César Miguel Rondón

We bring you today's editorial, Friday, August 15, 2025, from our radio program En Conecta: Deportation Depot 1X The entry Deportation Depot was first published in César Miguel Rondón.

Democrats slam plan for deportation center in Baker

Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried blasted Gov. Ron DeSantis for his plans to open “another wildly expensive and inhumane immigration detention facility paid for by Florida’s taxpayers.” “There is already an immigration detention center in Baker County that is notorious for its reprehensible treatment of detainees, and a second facility promises more of the same,” Fried said Thursday in a statement. She said such facilities “reward massi…

Florida to open second immigrant detention center – PR informa

By Patricia Mazzei Florida will soon open a second state-run immigration detention center in an empty prison west of Jacksonville, Gov....