SANDERSON, Fla. — The Florida Division of Emergency Management confirmed Friday that the new immigration detention facility dubbed “Deportation Depot” by Gov. Ron DeSantis is officially open and receiving detainees. 

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The governor announced the additional facility in August, saying the facility will have the capacity to hold more than 1,300 detainees, and would be set up with the same services as the “Alligator Alcatraz” facility. He announced at the time that the Baker Correctional Institution in Sanderson would be used to create the new detention center.

“Baker Correctional Institution in Sanderson will now serve as a ‘Deportation Depot’ to detain and process illegal immigrants for removal

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