Governor Ron DeSantis Asked How The Federal Government Will Reimburse Florida For Alligator Alcatraz

At a press briefing on Monday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) spoke about being reimbursed by the federal government for Alligator Alcatraz.

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00:00How it would be on anything so federal government reimburses us for stuff all

00:11the time so for example you know when we have when we had hurricane Milton the

00:18Biden was president then he signed 100% reimbursement for debris and for

00:23emergency protective measures and so all the debris stuff would be done by local

00:27governments and then they would submit and then they would get reimbursed 100%

00:32and the state could get reimbursed if we're putting in it as well so so there's

00:35no different than how it's been that will be something that will be that will be

00:40done and I think that's probably the most efficient way to do it now I think

00:44they do have more money now in the agency so we'll see what they're doing and part

00:48of the reason we've gotten so leaned in on this is because I just know that Biden

00:53really decimated ice you know he was telling people just come illegally like

00:57that he was inviting people to come to this country they were not serious about

01:00interior enforcement so I knew that and I knew that there were major gaps and I

01:05knew there's no way you were going to be able to fulfill the mission if the states

01:09and locals just sat on their hands so we're happy to do this I think it's

01:13important to finally get this issue right the same time you know if DHS is

01:18able to handle all this themselves then fine you know I we don't need any credit

01:24for anything we just want to get the job done but yes it'll be reimbursed just

01:27like we would do on any time we get reimbursed from from the federal

01:31government and you know people throw around how much the cut I don't know that

01:36those numbers are accurate because I think it depends on how many people end up

01:39being processed through and how long this stuff goes I mean what we're doing is

01:44temporary we're not going to make permanent sites on these on these locations

01:48you know the place down in South Florida it's just massive airport that's there

01:54in the Everglades there's really it's security wise it's totally foolproof but

01:59massive slabs of concrete out there and so you know they're said they set up with

02:04temporary structures on that and then they'll break them down and move when

02:07it's done and same with Blandy Blanding has more permanent structures that can be

02:11used for this but the intent is not to commandeer that indefinitely the intent is

02:17to help the mission and if the feds have enough space you know in six months or a

02:22year then great and then then we won't necessarily need to be doing it but but

02:27there is a need now and we're not just going to sit on our hands and if every

02:30state did what Florida is doing if every state just did a fraction of what

02:35Florida is doing you would see you know how much progress would be made very very

02:40quickly but you know we're not used to kind of being out in front of the pack

02:43when it comes to a lot of these issues