‘Alligator Alcatraz’ migrant detention centre has closed, Florida governor DeSantis says

“Alligator Alcatraz”, the remote Florida immigration detention centre that faced harsh criticism for its conditions, has shut down nearly a year after opening, Governor Ron DeSantis said on Thursday. DeSantis said the centre at an isolated airstrip in the Everglades was always meant to be only temporary until more permanent detention facilities could be secured, and federal officials now have that capacity. “It served its purpose for the time,” the Republican governor said at a news...