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Florida will open a second immigration detention facility at Baker Correctional Institution.

The "Deportation Depot" will hold over 1,300 people and use Lake City Gateway Airport for removals.

The state aims to receive federal reimbursement for immigration enforcement costs.

Instead of opening another immigration detention facility at the Florida National Guard's Camp Blanding in Clay County, the state is shifting northwest to Baker County.

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Florida will be opening a second immigration detention, processing and deportation facility at Baker Correctional Institution – which he dubbed "Deportation Depot" – in about two weeks.

The governor and other state officials broke the news at an Aug. 14 press conference in front of the facility.

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