"Florida officials received a hefty lump sum of cash from the federal government Tuesday to cover the cost of the Everglades immigration detention center dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz." As reported first by , the Department of Homeland Security revealed two days after the fact that Florida had been awarded the full $608.4 million stockpile of funds within the Detention Support Grant Program, a new program housed under the Federal Emergency Management Agency designed to compensate states for detaining undocumented immigrants."
"Florida was the only applicant for the grant program, FEMA told the Florida Phoenix last month. That money will foot the construction, housing, feeding, and equipment costs spent on the Everglades center - on which the state has already spent at least $245 million - and the "Deportation Depot" facility in Baker County."
"Gov. Ron DeSantis announced in August that Florida may build a "Panhandle Pokey" in northwest Florida, which the grant would also cover. "Another bogus narrative bites the dust. I said all along that we would be reimbursed," DeSantis posted on social media Thursday, hours after the news broke."
The Department of Homeland Security awarded Florida $608.4 million through FEMA’s Detention Support Grant Program to cover costs for detaining undocumented immigrants. The funds will pay for the Everglades detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz," the "Deportation Depot" in Baker County, and potential new facilities such as a proposed Panhandle facility. Florida was the sole applicant for the grant. The state had already spent at least $245 million on the Everglades site. The state will also receive $38 million from ICE for equipment and transportation related to detaining non-citizens.
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