CLAY COUNTY, Fla. — Hundreds of people gathered Saturday afternoon to push back against Gov. Ron DeSantis' plan to build a second immigration detention center in the state.

Last month, DeSantis said he's considering standing up a facility at a Florida National Guard training center known as Camp Blanding, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) southwest of Jacksonville in northeast Florida, in addition to the site under construction at a remote airstrip in the Everglades that state officials have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.”

However, on Wednesday, the governor noted that he wants to avoid establishing a new detention facility at Camp Blanding — for now — to avoid it being partially filled.

"What I don't wanna do is set up [Camp] Blanding if you know, one is 60% full, and then the other is

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