DeSantis spent $573 million on immigration. The feds may never pay Florida back

DeSantis spent $573 million on immigration. The feds may never pay Florida back

Months after federal officials committed to granting Florida more than half a billion dollars to cover immigration enforcement costs, government attorneys appear to be backtracking.

Floridians pay the high cost of Governor Ron Santis’s and Donald Trump’s bigotry.

Here is what Floridians scheduled themselves to pay for the unnecessary, cruel, and bigoted incarceration of valuable, honest, working, tax-paying immigrants — good men, women, and children who for years had helped the Florida economy grow. Reprint of an article in the March 2, 2026, Florida Sun Sentinel: New records show Florida officials burned more than $1.2 million per day on ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ U.S. government attorneys call the funding pl…