DESANTIS EYES THIRD STATE-RUN IMMIGRATION DETENTION SITE IN PANHANDLE

Gov. Ron DeSantis says Florida is discussing a third state-run immigration detention facility in Panama City, following the Everglades “Alligator Alcatraz” (now barred from taking new detainees) and Baker County’s “Deportation Depot.” No site, capacity, or timeline was disclosed. The move extends Florida’s push to expand detention and is likely to draw further legal, environmental, and civil-rights scrutiny.