New 'Deportation Depot' immigrant detention center opens in north Florida

Source: Tampa Bay Times

The facility is the second Florida opened this summer, along with Alligator Alcatraz.

Florida on Tuesday started bringing immigrant detainees to the second migrant detention center the state has established this summer.

Gov. Ron DeSantis has dubbed the facility, a formerly vacant prison in Baker County, “Deportation Depot.”

About 115 people being held at the north Florida facility now, according to a Fox News clip shared by a spokesperson for the Florida Division of Emergency Management.

The spokesperson did not answer whether there have been any deportation flights out of the nearby Lake City airport.

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