Before leaving for Europe, President Donald Trump emphasized this isn't the first lawsuit filed against *** sanctuary jurisdiction, and it won't be the last. That's going to be *** pretty routine filing with other cities too, as you know, we've started numerous lawsuits with other cities. We want to bring safety. We've got to get the criminals out, and we're doing it in record numbers. We reached out to the Justice Department to see if any other jurors. are under investigation and haven't heard back yet. Like the president, top immigration officials are signaling *** new phase. White House border czar Tom Holman says more ICE agents are being deployed into sanctuary jurisdictions as the immigration battle between the federal government and Democratic states heats up. Earlier this week, 21 Democratic attorneys general sued the Trump administration for an executive order that tries to prevent Undocumented immigrants from social services like Head Start and health clinics. The suit calls the order indefensible. It's creating *** split screen between red and blue states on the issue and cooperating with the federal government. In Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis says deportation flights from Alligator Alcatraz have begun. Critics condemn the immigration detention facility surrounded by pythons and alligators as cruel and inhumane. But the White House has praised it, hoping it acts as *** deterrent for migrants, while the president says he wants to see similar facilities in many other states, and we reached out to several Republican states today who all told us along the lines of they will do what's necessary to cooperate with the federal government on immigration in Washington, Christopher Sala.
DeSantis announces second immigration detention facility in north Florida dubbed 'Deportation Depot'
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Updated: 9:45 AM CDT Aug 14, 2025
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Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration is preparing to open a second immigration detention facility at a state prison in north Florida, as a federal judge decides the fate of the state's holding center for immigrants at an isolated airstrip in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.”DeSantis announced Thursday that the new facility is to be housed at the Baker Correctional Institution, a state prison about 43 miles west of Jacksonville. It is expected to hold 1,300 immigration detention beds, though that capacity could be expanded to 2,000, state officials said.After opening the Everglades facility last month, DeSantis justified opening the second detention center, dubbed “Deportation Depot” by the state, by saying President Donald Trump's administration needs the additional capacity to hold and deport more immigrants.“There is a demand for this,” DeSantis said. “I'm confident it will be filled.”
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration is preparing to open a second immigration detention facility at a state prison in north Florida, as a federal judge decides the fate of the state's holding center for immigrants at an isolated airstrip in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.”
DeSantis announced Thursday that the new facility is to be housed at the Baker Correctional Institution, a state prison about 43 miles west of Jacksonville. It is expected to hold 1,300 immigration detention beds, though that capacity could be expanded to 2,000, state officials said.
After opening the Everglades facility last month, DeSantis justified opening the second detention center, dubbed “Deportation Depot” by the state, by saying President Donald Trump's administration needs the additional capacity to hold and deport more immigrants.
“There is a demand for this,” DeSantis said. “I'm confident it will be filled.”
