MIAMI (CN) — Florida Governor Ron DeSantis officially announced on Thursday the closure of the South Florida migrant detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” that brought the ire of environmentalists and civil rights advocates alike.
“I said at the beginning that this was an emergency solution that would be temporary that once [the Department of Homeland Security] had the wherewithal to handle these illegal aliens, particularly the criminal illegal aliens, that they would be able to do so,” the Republican said at a news conference near the site. “But in terms of us managing this facility, the minute that’s not needed, we would break down the facility. So Alligator Alcatraz fulfilled the role it was designed to serve.”
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