Without us stepping up to do that, you would have had these people released back into Florida communities. They would not have ended up being deported in all likelihood. And so it's made a huge, huge difference. Now, When we opened [Alligator Alcatraz] in the summer of 2025, it was always intended to be temporary. because we were only doing it because the federal government didn't have the resources to hold these people themselves. Well, now they've gotten a lot of money over the last nine months. (27:35–27:42)
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