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Alligator Alcatraz closes as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declares victory, critics slam cost
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday confirmed the Alligator Alcatraz immigrant detention center is closing, but insisted the collection of reinforced tents in the middle of the Everglades proved effective in bolstering President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts in Florida.
“Alligator Alcatraz fulfilled the role that it was designed to serve,” DeSantis told reporters at Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport, where the facility was housed.
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