US EditionDeportation 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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