DeSantis boasts of deporting 21,000 as notorious Alligator Alcatraz jail closes

Florida immigration jail known as Alligator Alcatraz, which operated for a year at a cost of $1.2 million daily and was linked to cruelty and environmental harm, has closed. Governor Ron DeSantis claimed credit for deporting 21,000 people from the facility and presented its closure as a success for immigration enforcement.