Florida signs $245 million in contracts for 'Alligator Alcatraz.' Here's a look by the numbers

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Gov. Ron DeSantis ’ administration has already signed contracts to pay at least $245 million to set up and run the new immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” according to a public database.

The amount — to be fronted by Florida taxpayers — is in line with the $450 million a year officials have estimated the facility will cost.

It’s also a reminder of the public funding that DeSantis’ Republican administration is spending to help carry out President Donald Trump ‘s mass deportation agenda.

Human rights advocates, faith leaders and environmentalists have condemned the detention center. So has Mark Morgan, a former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement during Trump’s first term. Morgan wrote an opinion piece published by Fox News criticizing the facility as “built for headlines” and “ripe for failure, mismanagement and corruption.”

https://apnews.com/article/alligator-alcatraz-florida-immigration-detention-center-spending-26cb876aa0db64910f87f009060acc4d

Who knew human bondage could be so profitable.

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1. Don't let any republican scumbag ever tell us again that we don't have money for anything.

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2. Ivanka will open up a sweatshop down there

and pay the people 15 cents an hour. Of course, those profits won't go back into the prison so they could lower the tax burden.

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3. A lot of kickbacks and a lot of payoffs

will end up in just a few pockets, each one only concerned whether the others have more than they do.