Florida’s new immigrant detention site dubbed ‘Deportation Depot’ is now taking detainees, officials say

The facility at the state’s Baker Correctional Institution is housing 117 detainees with the capacity to hold 1,500 people, according to the office of Gov. Ron DeSantis. The temporarily closed state prison is located about 45 miles west of Jacksonville near the Osceola National Forest. This marks t...

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