Gov. Ron DeSantis appears to be full steam ahead on another illegal alien detention center staying open for business, just hours after a court ruled the original one could remain open. The governor, speaking on Fox News to Sean Hannity, said Florida's "Deportation Depot" would remain operational after opening last month.
“We’re not only doing Alligator Alcatraz, we’ve now opened the Deportation Depot up in Northeast Florida, and we’re working on opening a Panhandle Pokey in northwest Florida,” DeSantis said to Hannity on Fox News.
Deportation Depot comes after Alligator Alcatraz opened in July. The alliterative names appear to be continuing with "Panhandle Pokey," according to the governor.
Located at the Baker Correctional Institute in Sanderson, Deportation Depot, near Lake City Airport, is expected to hold up to 2,000 illegal aliens. Alligator Alcatraz is similarly located on an old abandoned airfield in the Everglades.
"We want a process, stage, and return illegal aliens to their home country. That is the name of the game," DeSantis said at a news conference on Deportation Depot. "And that's what we do in Florida. We know that this is an important national priority. Not only of President Trump, but the American people."
