Florida opens new ‘Deportation Depot’ migrant detention facility

Florida opened a second migrant detention facility called “Deportation Depot,” which is now accepting detainees, the office of Gov. Ron DeSantis told Fox News on Friday.

The detention facility is inside the former Baker Correctional Institution located in Sanderson, in the northern part of the state. 

As of Friday, 117 people are being held at the facility, which has the capacity to house up to 1,500.

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