Second migrant detention facility in the works, Florida Gov. says

(NewsNation) — Following the operation of "Alligator Alcatraz," a 2nd immigration detention facility volition unfastened successful Florida, this clip astatine a situation successful the bluish portion of the state, Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced.

The installation — dubbed "Deportation Depot" — volition beryllium housed astatine the Baker Correctional Institution, located astir 50 miles westbound of Jacksonville.

It could location up to 1,300 beds, according to officials, though its max capableness could yet turn to 2,000. “There is simply a request for this,” DeSantis said Thursday. “I’m assured it volition beryllium filled.”

The caller detention halfway volition beryllium located adjacent Lake City Gateway Airport, which volition beryllium utilized for deportation flights, NewsNation local affiliate WFLA reported.

The announcement comes arsenic a federal justice weighs the fate of Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz" detention center, located successful the Everglades successful the footprint of an abandoned airport. Since its opening past month, the installation has faced fierce blowback for the living conditions connected the premises and the imaginable environmental harm it could cause.