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Ochopee
Coverage of Ochopee in the Nexus archive.
- 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.