Florida discusses shutting down Alligator Alcatraz migrant detention facility
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Updated · WPLG Local 10 · May 7
Florida discusses shutting down Alligator Alcatraz migrant detention facility
17 articles · Updated · WPLG Local 10 · May 7
The Everglades centre near Ochopee holds nearly 1,400 male detainees, while Florida says it still has not received $608 million in federal reimbursement.
Officials have said the site costs more than $1 million a day to run, and Department of Homeland Security staff reportedly view it as too expensive and ineffective.
Opened last summer, the facility has cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars, and private vendors hired to operate it have reportedly struggled with mounting expenses.
Built without environmental review in the Everglades, can the damage from the detention center ever be reversed?
With hundreds of millions spent and federal funds now in doubt, who will ultimately pay for Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’?
Amid torture allegations and legal chaos, what will happen to the 1,500 people currently detained inside the controversial facility?