Florida is seeking another $250 million to pay immigration-related bills, including debts to companies that built and serviced Alligator Alcatraz, turning the controversial Everglades detention center into an expensive political aftershock for taxpayers.
The state's Division of Emergency Management has requested the additional money as it faces a growing stack of bills linked to Gov. Ron DeSantis' aggressive push to help carry out President Donald Trump's deportation agenda. The request comes after the state emptied and closed Alligator Alcatraz, the makeshift immigration detention center built at an isolated Everglades airstrip.
