'Where Are They Being Taken?': Ron DeSantis Pressed On Detainees Being 'Flown Out' Of Alligator Alcatraz

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During a press briefing at the ICE detention facility in Florida dubbed Alligator Alcatraz, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) was asked about the detainees and where they are being sent.

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00:00reimbursement. Exactly how many detainees have been flown out and if they're being or are they

00:05being deported or where are they being taken? So there have been a hundred full deportations just

00:11out of here. There have been many other hundreds who've been flown out of here. The way the federal

00:15government does is they have some areas that are that are considered kind of hubs. And so I know

00:21some flights have gone to Louisiana and then they will go from Louisiana. And it makes sense

00:25logistically because you know if we've got a plane full of people here from a variety of

00:31nationalities if you go to a central hub then you can pull the nationalities and send one flight to

00:37one place another flight to another place. So that's what we're doing but there have been a hundred

00:43folks that have fully been deported and there have been many hundred that have been exited this

00:48facility and are in route to be deported by the federal government. And look I think a lot of

00:55people getting them out of Florida is a huge thing. You know it's like we obviously had a transport

01:00program. Send to California. Send to New York. Send to Martha's Vineyard even. And we were we were happy

01:06to do that because I think it relieved burdens on Florida. But yeah so they've got a process that

01:11they're doing. Now DHS has run into some more money now. I think you're going to see an expanded

01:17footprint in their capacity. I think you're going to see an expanded detention footprint in their

01:22capacity. And I'm all about I mean people say like you know why are you getting involved because we need

01:27it. That's why I'm getting involved. If DHS had a hundred percent capacity to handle and process a hundred

01:33percent of the illegals then I'd be happy to just say you know what you know we we've got we've got

01:40other things to be doing. But we're needed in this fight now. Other states have been asked to step

01:45up. I hope they do. And I think you're going to see DHS's capacity continue to increase. But right

01:50now you know they've you know they had four really tough years in terms of the attention and the

01:56direction. And so it's a new day but it takes some time.

01:59I mean I don't I don't have bug spray on. I know people people have it or what but so on the

02:12deportation. Look that's a question for DHS. As I said they've got processes that they go through.

02:32They can do a direct deportation from here. They can do to one of the hubs and then the hub can take

02:38them. And I know that they have used El Salvador. I don't know that anyone from here has gone there

02:43yet. But but but so I so I just can't answer it. But I think DHS could answer that. Okay, who hasn't

02:49and who hasn't who has a question who has

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