The Trump administration has begun flying out and deporting illegal immigrants from the state-run immigrant detention site in the Florida Everglades, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” according to Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL).
“I’m pleased to report that those flights out of Alligator Alcatraz by [the Department of Homeland Security] have begun. The cadence is increasing. We’ve already had a number of flights in the last few days. We’ve had hundreds of illegals … removed from here,” DeSantis said during a press conference at the site Friday morning.
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The site was stood up with eight days’ notice in early July at the federal government’s request. It was meant to increase detention space, as existing Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities are already at maximum capacity.
This story is developing and will be updated.