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Ron DeSantis: “Having this [facility] has led to almost 21,000…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Full News Conference: Gov. DeSantis announces closure of Alligator Alcatraz

Published | Video Starts at 05:42

I mean, Kevin Guthrie could tell me, I think it took us like less than two weeks, 10 days to be able to be ready to go. And that was something that's not easy. So as of now, this facility Having this [facility] has led to almost 21,000 deportations. And those would be people by and large who would have been released back into society in Florida had this space not been there. Now, who are some of these people? (05:42–05:50)

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States that the facility at Alligator Alcatraz has facilitated nearly 21,000 deportations.

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