Weird turn of events: DHS denies having any involvement in alligator alcatraz [View all]

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just a few hours after djt and Noem visited the prison camp. Guess DeSantis goofed again and Florida's stuck with the bill.

In a court filing Thursday responding to a lawsuit from environmental groups, the DHS claimed that it had “not implemented, authorized, directed or funded” the construction of the new ICE detention center made up of tents on a defunct airstrip in Miami-Dade County.

“Florida is constructing and operating the facility using state funds on state lands under state emergency authority and a preexisting general delegation of federal authority to implement immigration functions,” the filing said.

Environmental groups had alleged that in addition to skipping the necessary environmental reviews, the DHS had violated the Administrative Procedure Act by failing to provide a window for public notice and comment. The DHS argued that because it had not been involved in approving construction, “the ‘final agency action’ that the Administrative Procedure Act requires as a prerequisite to judicial review is entirely absent here.”

https://newrepublic.com/post/197593/donald-trump-homeland-security-weird-180-alligator-alcatraz