ORLANDO, Fla. - Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration is moving forward with plans for a second immigration detention center in Florida, having awarded at least one contract for a facility referred to in state documents as the "North Detention Facility," according to the Associated Press.

The new site would expand the state’s detention capacity beyond the first center—located at a remote airfield in the Everglades and nicknamed "Alligator Alcatraz"—which officially opened on July 1 after over $245 million in contracts were signed.

Where would the second immigration facility be located?

What we know:

The proposed second facility is planned for Camp Blanding, a Florida National Guard training site located roughly 27 miles (43 kilometers) southwest of downtown Jacksonville.

However, DeSant

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