Court filings indicate that Florida taxpayers could ultimately be responsible for up to $1.5 billion spent on a large immigration detention facility in the Everglades known as "Alligator Alcatraz," after federal reimbursement funds expected by the state failed to materialize.
Gov. Ron DeSantis announced in early October that the federal government had awarded Florida $608 million to help offset the cost of the project. "We were right; media was wrong," he wrote on social media, responding to reports that questioned whether the federal government would reimburse the state.
