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How Ron DeSantis keeps making powerful enemies in Trump’s GOP
Donald Trump Primary elections US elections Republican National Committee See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Thirty minutes into a routine appearance Thursday on Florida’s Gulf Coast, Gov. Ron DeSantis abruptly turned his fire on a fellow Republican, accusing a veteran state lawmaker of betraying the party’s voters. Hours later, President Donald Trump endorsed that same lawmaker, Joe Gruters, to …
Read More »Desantis says deportation flights from Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center have begun
OCHOPEE, Fla. (AP) — Deportation flights from the remote Everglades immigration lockup known as “Alligator Alcatraz” began in the past few days, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday. The flights operated by the Department of Homeland Security have transferred about 100 detainees from the immigration detention center to other countries, said DeSantis, who expects that number to increase soon. “I …
Read More »Gov. DeSantis blindsided Florida county officials with ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ plans, emails show
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration left many local officials in the dark about the immigration detention center that rose from an isolated airstrip in the Everglades, emails obtained by The Associated Press show, while relying on an executive order to seize the land, hire contractors and bypass laws and regulations. The emails show that local officials …
Read More »Emails show DeSantis administration left county officials in the dark about ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration left many local officials in the dark about the immigration detention center that rose from an isolated airstrip in the Everglades, emails obtained by The Associated Press show, while relying on an executive order to seize the land, hire contractors and bypass laws and regulations. The emails show that local officials …
Read More »DeSantis under fire for using disaster funds to build migrant detention jail | Florida
Officials in Florida diverted crucial disaster preparedness and response resources to support the hasty construction of the so-called Alligator Alcatraz migrant detention jail by the Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, a newly published report has claimed. Some of the $20m in contracts analyzed by Talking Points Memo (TPM) before they inexplicably disappeared from the Florida department of financial services website went …
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