The state will open a second immigration detention, processing and deportation facility at Baker Correctional Institution dubbed "Deportation Depot"

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration is preparing to open a second immigration detention facility at a state prison in north Florida, as a federal judge decides the fate of the state's holding center for immigrants at an isolated airstrip in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Thursday that Florida will open "Deportation Depot" at Baker Correctional Institution in north Florida, in addition to "Alligator Alcatraz" in the Florida Everglades.