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DeSantis said everyone at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ has a deportation order. Lawyers say that’s false.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said every person held at Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz immigration detention facility has been issued a final order saying they must be deported.
With the conditions of his state’s quickly-erected facility under scrutiny, DeSantis told reporters that each detainee had gone through a process to determine they cannot legally remain in the U.S.
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