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Florida To Open New Illegal Alien Facility, “Deportation Depot”

August 16, 2025 – 10:30 am

I can see that federal judge who screeched “stop building at Alligator Alley!!!!!” after it had pretty much been built having a meltdown over this

Florida to open ‘Deportation Depot’ at shuttered prison weeks after launching ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ facility
From “Alligator Alcatraz” to a new “Deportation Depot,” Florida says it is leading the way in enforcing federal immigration laws.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday that the state will open a new immigration detention center dubbed “Deportation Depot” at a shuttered former prison in Sanderson, north Florida, expanding the state’s capacity to hold and deport migrants.
The new facility will be located at Baker Correctional Institution, about 43 miles west of Jacksonville and will initially hold 1,300 beds and can be expandable to 2,000. (snip)
DeSantis said that there are an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 illegal immigrants in Florida who already have final orders of removal but have not yet been deported. He touted state and local law enforcement agencies’ participation in ICE operations with the latest move expanding Florida’s 287(g) program, where state officers collaborate with ICE.

And they can all avoid being sent to either facility by self-deporting. It’s that easy. Don’t forget, federal law states “be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than 6 months” then deported. So, as long as they are deported within 6 months, no problem.
Meanwhile

Pam Bondi threatens prosecution for leaders not complying with immigration officers
Pam Bondi, the attorney general, said she has sent “sanctuary city” letters to the mayors of 32 cities and a handful of county executives, warning that she intends to prosecute political leaders who are not in her view sufficiently supportive of immigration enforcement.
“You better be abiding by our federal policies and with our federal law enforcement, because if you’re not, we’re going to come after you,” she said, speaking to a Fox News reporter. “Our leaders have to support our law enforcement.”
Bondi’s letter asks the recipients to provide a response by 19 August that “confirms your commitment with complying with federal law and identifies the immediate initiatives you are taking to eliminate laws, policies and practices that impede federal immigration enforcement”.

US Code 8 makes it illegal to do things like shelter and hide illegal aliens. I wonder if any will comply, or, will one of the mayors or sheriffs have to be arrested and charged first?

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Florida to open ‘Deportation Depot’ at shuttered prison weeks after launching ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ facility

The new 1,300-bed facility at Baker Correctional Institution is expected to be operational in 2 to 3 weeks

By Michael Dorgan Fox News
Published August 15, 2025 9:20am EDT

DeSantis announces second immigration detention facility dubbed ‘Deportation Depot’

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is opening a second immigration detention facility dubbed "Deportation Depot" at a state prison (Credit: WTVT)
From "Alligator Alcatraz" to a new "Deportation Depot," Florida says it is leading the way in enforcing federal immigration laws.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday that the state will open a new immigration detention center dubbed "Deportation Depot" at a shuttered former prison in Sanderson, north Florida, expanding the state’s capacity to hold and deport migrants.
The new facility will be located at Baker Correctional Institution, about 43 miles west of Jacksonville and will initially hold 1,300 beds and can be expandable to 2,000.


Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday that the state will open a new immigration detention center at a shuttered former prison, expanding the state’s capacity to hold and deport migrants. (Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis via X)

RED STATES CONSIDER ‘ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ’ SPINOFFS AS WH URGES THEM TO FOLLOW DESANTIS’ LEAD: 'LOTS OF BEARS'

DeSantis said the facility, which has been dormant since 2021, will build on the success of Alligator Alcatraz in the Everglades and is expected to be operational in two to three weeks with staffing by the Florida National Guard and state contractors.
"There’s a massive part here at Baker Correctional that’s vacant and isn’t being used for any state correction activity," DeSantis said at a press briefing. "Talk about ready-made infrastructure, this is something that’s very appealing from that perspective."
DeSantis touted the relative ease and economy of setting up the northern Florida facility, estimating the build-out cost to be $6 million. That’s compared to the hundreds of millions of dollars the state has committed to constructing the vast network of tents and trailers at the south facility in the rugged and remote Florida swamp.
"This part of the facility is not being used right now for the state prisoners. It just gives us an ability to go in, stand it up quickly, stand it up cheaply," DeSantis said of the state prison, calling the site "ready-made."
The new facility is being built as part of the Trump administration’s effort to deport the millions of migrants who flooded the country under the Biden administration.
DeSantis said that there are an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 illegal immigrants in Florida who already have final orders of removal but have not yet been deported. He touted state and local law enforcement agencies' participation in ICE operations with the latest move expanding Florida's 287(g) program, where state officers collaborate with ICE.


The new facility will be located at Baker Correctional Institution, about 43 miles west of Jacksonville and will initially hold 1,300 beds and could be expandable to 2,000. (AP Photo/Gary McCullough)

TRUMP SAYS ONLY WAY OUT OF ‘ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ’ IS DEPORTATION

DeSantis also praised the Trump administration’s "sea change" in policy for enabling Florida Highway Patrol to legally enforce immigration laws during traffic stops.
"We have done more on this than any other state by a country mile," he said. We’ll enforce the law, we’ll hold the line, and we will keep delivering results."
DeSantis had previously floated plans to open a second detention facility at a nearby Florida National Guard training facility known as Camp Blanding, about 30 miles southwest of Jacksonville. The long-standing military installation was a major U.S. Army training facility during World War II and serves as a "continuity of government" site for Florida’s executive branch, according to the facility’s website.



Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday that the state will open a new immigration detention center at a shuttered former prison, expanding the state’s capacity to hold and deport migrants. ( AP Photo/Gary McCullough; Gov. Ron DeSantis via X)

But announcing the plans Thursday, DeSantis said the Baker facility was a better fit because of its available capacity and proximity to a regional airport.
"Blanding does have air capacity, but probably not a big enough runway to handle large planes," DeSantis said.
DeSantis said detainees at the new Baker facility will get the same services as those at the Everglades site and that it will be air-conditioned, which is not required under Florida prison standards.

Attorneys for detainees at Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz have alleged unsafe and inhumane conditions, including COVID-19 exposure without isolation, flooding and pressure to sign removal orders before meeting lawyers.
Last week, a Miami federal judge ordered a temporary halt to construction at the "Alligator Alcatraz" detention facility.



President Donald Trump, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem (2R) tour a migrant detention center, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," located at the site of the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in Ochopee, Florida on July 1, 2025. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams said the facility, which is built in the middle of the Florida Everglades, can continue to hold migrant detainees, but cannot add any new infrastructure capacity.
The ruling stops new construction, including filling, paving, installation of new infrastructure, and installation of new lighting, for a 14-day period while the parties involved in a lawsuit over the facility complete their hearing on a motion for a preliminary injunction.
Fox News’ Louis Casiano and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Good Grief: Wacko Federal Judge Orders Alligator Alcatraz Closed Over No Environmental Review

By William Teach August 22, 2025 – 10:30 am

Is the judge saying that illegal aliens are bad for the environment?

Judge Orders That ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center Be Shut Down for Now
A federal judge on Thursday ordered that no more immigrant detainees be sent to a center in the Florida Everglades, and that much of the facility be dismantled. The ruling rebuked the state and federal governments for failing to consider potential environmental harms before building the facility, known as Alligator Alcatraz.
The judge gave both branches of the government 60 days to move out existing detainees and begin to remove fencing, lighting, power generators and other materials. The order also prohibits any new construction at the site.
Judge Kathleen M. Williams of the Federal District Court in Miami found that the state and federal governments had violated a federal law that requires an environmental review before any major federal construction project. Judge Williams partly granted a preliminary injunction sought by environmentalists and the Miccosukee Tribe, whose members live in the area. The detention center is surrounded by protected lands that form part of the sensitive Everglades ecological system.
The detention center presents risks to wetlands and to communities that depend on the Everglades for their water supply, including the Miccosukee, Judge Williams found.
“The project creates irreparable harm in the form of habitat loss and increased mortality to endangered species in the area,” she wrote.

They’re really just making stuff up at this point…well, the wacko leftist judges have been making it up since Trump took office (and when they lawfared Trump and his folks).

Her ruling is preliminary, as the case will continue to be litigated. The state is expected to ask that the ruling be stayed, or kept from taking effect, as it pursues its appeal.
Even before Judge Williams ruled, Mr. DeSantis had said he expected the ruling to go against his administration.
“It’s pretty clear we’re in front of a judge who is not going to give us a fair shake on this,” he said on Tuesday.

Liberals are celebrating this, but, you know the ruling will, yet again, be overturned on appeal. But, hey, perhaps DeSantis could build a new holding facility near where the judge lives.
Speaking of lawfare and rulings thrown out

Trump’s massive $500M civil fraud fine in AG Tish James’ case thrown out by NY appeals court
President Trump won a huge, symbolic victory Thursday when a New York appeals court threw out the more than $500 million fine he owed in Attorney General Letitia James’ business fraud case.
The Appellate Division, First Department, overturned the whopping $464 million judgment against Trump, 79, but upheld a finding that the real estate tycoon-turned-president engaged in fraud by exaggerating his net worth for decades.
“I had a victory today. You know, they stole $550 million from me with a fake case, and it was overturned,” Trump told dozens of law enforcement officers later Thursday during a visit related to his crime crackdown in Washington, DC.
But the case, stemming from a civil suit brought by James’ office, still remains in place and will now go to New York’s highest court as the legal battle between the state’s top lawyer and the commander in chief continues.

And you know the whole thing will be overturned.

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Federal judge orders partial shutdown of Florida migrant detention facility “Alligator Alcatraz” within 60 days

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Tags: Alligator Alcatraz, big government, border security, crime, criminal migrants, deportations, detention facility, Donald Trump, Florida Everglades, invasion usa, migrants, national security, Open Borders, violence, violent migrants

• U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams issued a sweeping order halting operations at Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz" migrant detention facility, citing environmental damage and tribal access violations.
• Located in the Everglades, the camp houses migrants in tents surrounded by chain-link fences. Detainees reported extreme heat, faulty air conditioning, insect infestations and maggot-ridden food.
• Williams ordered the removal of fencing and infrastructure to restore land access to the Miccosukee Tribe, who were not consulted during development despite their cultural ties to the site.
• The ruling follows a June lawsuit filed by environmental and tribal groups, which warned that the facility poses a threat to endangered species and the fragile Everglades ecosystem.
• Gov. Ron DeSantis vowed to continue operations despite the ruling, saying deportations are ongoing. Legal experts anticipate Florida will appeal.

A federal judge has ordered a partial shutdown of Florida's controversial migrant detention facility known as "Alligator Alcatraz" due to environmental and tribal access concerns.
According to Brighteon.AI's Enoch, "Alligator Alcatraz," located on federally owned land at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in the heart of the Florida Everglades, was designed to serve U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) by holding undocumented migrants awaiting deportation. Detainees are housed in tent structures surrounded by chain-link fences, which are also protected by alligators, invasive pythons, and thick swampland that serves as a natural security barrier. State officials said the facility housed individuals accused of serious offenses, including violent crimes and terrorism-related charges.
However, detainees described unbearable heat, failing air conditioning systems and infestations of insects and maggots in food rations in affidavits submitted to the court.
In line with this, U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams, an Obama-era appointee, issued an 82-page ruling on Aug. 21 that blocks the state from housing additional migrants at the site and mandates the removal of critical infrastructure within 60 days. (Related: Mason town votes to reopen detention facility as ICE site.)
Williams ruled that Florida must dismantle generators, lighting systems, sewage facilities and other temporary utilities used to support the detention center. The judge also ordered that temporary fencing be removed to restore access for the Miccosukee Tribe, whose members have historically used the area for cultural and ceremonial purposes.
"The Court ENTERS a Preliminary Injunction prohibiting the State and Federal Defendants and their officers, agents, employees, attorneys and any person who is in active concert or participation with them from installing any additional industrial-style lighting (described by witnesses as "Sunbelt" lighting); or doing any paving, filling, excavating or fencing; or doing any other site expansion, including placing or erecting any additional buildings, tents, dormitories or other residential or administrative facilities on the TNT site; and bringing any additional persons onto the TNT site who were not already being detained at the site at the time of this Order going into effect," Williams wrote in her order.
With the order now in effect, the state must begin dismantling the facility immediately, and no new detainees may be brought to the site.
DeSantis vows to press on despite judge's ruling against Florida migrant detention facility

Williams' ruling came on the same day her two-week temporary order halting construction at the facility expired.
In June, environmental and tribal organizations filed a lawsuit to stop the facility's expansion, warning of severe impacts to the fragile Everglades ecosystem, which is home to endangered species such as the Florida panther and wood stork. They argued that the facility's operations violated the rights of the Miccosukee Tribe, which was not consulted during the site's development. Tribal members have historically accessed the land for cultural and ceremonial purposes.
Responding to Williams' earlier restrictions, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis defended the project, stating in a post on X (formerly Twitter) that "Operations at Alligator Alcatraz are ongoing and deportations are continuing" despite the court's order.
With the latest ruling, Florida officials have not yet commented, but legal experts expect the state to appeal.
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