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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A top Florida official says the controversial state-run immigration detention facility in the Everglades will likely be empty in a matter of days, even as Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration and the federal government fight a judge’s order to shutter the facility dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” by late October. That’s according to an email exchange shared with The Associated Press.

In a message sent to South Florida Rabbi Mario Rojzman on Aug. 22 related to providing chaplaincy services at the facility, Florida Division of Emergency Management Executive Director Kevin Guthrie said “we are probably going to be down to 0 individuals within a few days.” Rojzman, and the executive assistant who sent the original email to Guthrie, both confirmed the veracity of the messages to the AP.

A spokesperson for Guthrie, whose agency has overseen the construction and operation of the site, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

News that the last detainee at “Alligator Alcatraz” could leave the facility within days came less than a week after a federal judge in Miami ordered the detention center to wind down operations, with the last detainee needing to be out within 60 days. The state of Florida appealed the decision, and the federal government asked U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams to put her order on hold pending the appeal, saying that the Everglades facility’s thousands of beds were badly needed since detention facilities in Florida were overcrowded.

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[–] nul9o9@lemmy.dbzer0.com 110 points 6 days ago (6 children)

Somebody made bank because of this bullshit.

[–] comrade_twisty@feddit.org 52 points 6 days ago

Grifters gonna grift. The whole admin is a conglomerate of grifters.

[–] jared@mander.xyz 25 points 6 days ago

Using hate to make bank, the American way.

[–] ronigami@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

GEO Group - George Zoley and his son Chris

Every f***ing American should know their names and they don’t and they get to live in comfort because of it.

[–] piranhaconda@mander.xyz 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Company that invests in private prisons. Both times trump was elected, their stock doubled within the following weeks/months. Jesus that's fucked

[–] ronigami@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

They don’t just invest in them, they build them.

[–] piranhaconda@mander.xyz 2 points 5 days ago

And own and operate. "Invest" was just kind of an umbrella term. But unintentionally made them seem less fucked up

[–] uhmbah@lemmy.ca 11 points 5 days ago

Ya, including some Canadians for feck's sake.

Search for... Canadian Company Staffing Alligator Alcatraz... You'll find Gardaworld

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I don't know what the average detainment period has been but they somehow managed to deport immigrants to El Salvador in a few days, but no doubt they've been holding others for weeks without a hearing or any kind of scheduled date for deportation.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 4 points 5 days ago

Gitmo, Rwanda, Uganda, Somalia, we don't really know where else.

[–] KindnessisPunk@piefed.ca 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Gardaworld shareholders who no doubt made a contribution to Trump