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Posted on 08/06/2025 7:37:44 AM PDT by Red Badger
The state of Florida is looking to expand its immigration crackdown and build another “Alligator Alcatraz” detention facility, as deportations continue to mount.
A second detention center known as the “North Detention Facility” is being planned for Camp Blanding, a Florida National Guard training site in Clay County, in the northeastern part of the state, the Tallahassee Democrat reported.
The site once served as a prisoner-of-war camp during World War II.
The Florida Department of Emergency Management is reportedly purchasing weather monitoring equipment and two lightning sirens for the facility for almost $40,000, according to a state contract.
CBS News reported last week that deportations from “Alligator Alcatraz” have already begun, and quoted GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis as saying that “hundreds” of detainees have been processed for removal.
He also said that if a second detention facility project isn’t proven to increase immigration officials’ progress, he wouldn’t move forward.
“If it’s not leading to real significant cadence in removals, then I’m going to wait,” DeSantis said. “Now, I have confidence that it will, and I think it will eventually, and once that happens, then we’ll go.”
According to Camp Blanding’s historical website, “Because of Camp Blanding’s size, isolation and moderate climate, it served as a German Prisoner of War camp from September 1942 to April 1946. More than 4,000 men – soldiers, U-Boat sailors, and civilian ‘enemy aliens’ — were detained at Camp Blanding.”
Today, the site serves as a training ground for the state National Guard and U.S. armed forces.
The Tallahassee Democrat added that multiple “brick-and-mortar locations” in northeast and south central Florida have been identified as potential detention center sites.
DeSantis should continue ramping up his campaign against illegal immigration every chance he gets. The federal government can only do so much. Without partial cooperation from cities and states, the likelihood of seeing federal law enforced decreases dramatically.
His actions won’t come without backlash, however, as Democrats have been extremely vocal about such measures.
Florida’s Executive Director for the Division of Emergency Management called out Democrats last month for misrepresenting the conditions at “Alligator Alcatraz,” and for trying to score political points.
Kevin Guthrie appeared on Fox News’ “Jesse Watters Primetime,” saying that while he was giving a tour to dozens of lawmakers, some of them were theatrical and manufactured issues out of thin air.
It was an experience Guthrie described as being “very taxing.” There have also been lawsuits filed in an attempt to halt Florida’s immigration agenda.
The Department of Justice signaled last month that it’s willing to oppose these efforts at every turn.
“The Department of Justice has defended President Trump’s immigration agenda in court since day one and we are proud to protect ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ from baseless, politically motivated legal schemes,” Attorney General Pamela Bondi said.
If Florida can continue showing tangible results by highlighting the positive aspects of enforcing immigration laws, more states are sure to jump on board — ultimately helping President Donald Trump follow through on his top campaign promise, dating all the way back to 2015.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
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Sounds good.
A very rural area only 37 miles from me, I know it well....no wild animals necessary.....there’s enough rednecks down there to keep it secure. 😏
Flourida man is a dangerous wild animal.
Yep!...................
Camp Blanding has more WW II history than just a German POW camp, the 29th Infantry Division which landed in the first wave at Omaha Beach on D-Day trained at Camp Blanding before heading to Britain
Well, we have, what?, 10, 11 MILLION border jumpers to shed? And when we put Obama’s “DACA” bs in the dumpster, that number increases.
Stalag 13 ,,,,,??
I Know Nothing
What’ holding up deportations is the lack of beds - there has to be somewhere to put them while they are being readied for deportation. Right now, there are only at most 10,000 beds available.
They need beds in the 100s of thousands to be successful in deporting a significant portion of the millions Biden let into this country during 47 tenure in the WH.
Good! Great! Whatever they need to do, just get them the hell off the streets and out of the country! And quickly. One night in detention then fly them out the next day.
They have a nice little military history museum at Camp Blanding, too.
Camp Blanding won’t be rural for long when the new bridge across the St. Johns River and beltway are finished. More suburbs will be sprawling out toward there no doubt.
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