Ron DeSantis Demands 'Aggressive Deportation Schedule' At Alligator Alcatraz During Visit

During a press briefing on Friday, Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) spoke about the rate of deportations out of Alligator Alcatraz.

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00:00where you were arrested. Thank you.

00:04And so the the flights are going. I think the cadence is going to increase. I think

00:08you're going to continue to see the numbers really go up dramatically. And

00:12then as there's demand, we can expand the footprint here to 3000 and then we

00:19can do Camp Blanding. And I said we're we've always been ready, willing and able

00:23to do that. I just I don't want it to be something where people illegals are

00:28just being like stored there and then just kind of sitting. I want it to be

00:33where illegals are here. There's an aggressive processing and an aggressive

00:37deportation schedule. That's what you're seeing starting to occur here down at

00:42Alligator Alcatraz. And when there's demand for that beyond here up there, then

00:47we're happy to be able to respond accordingly. And so we look forward to

00:52the increased cadence, look forward to hopefully being able to get the

00:56approval for the immigration judges to be on site here. And we've offered

01:00different different personnel that are doing we're working through different

01:04issues because there are logistical issues involved. But President Trump was

01:08very clear. He wants to see a force multiplier with respect to the

01:12immigration adjudication process. And he wants to speed it up and he wants

01:17Florida to play a role and he wants the the DOJ to to approve a way forward

01:22there. So so we stand ready, willing and able to help with that. And it's all

01:26about just realizing the vision, fulfilling the mandate with what people

01:31want. They want the border secured, which has been been done very well. But they

01:36also want to have legal workforce. They want to have the rule of law. They

01:40certainly don't want to have massive costs imposed on their communities

01:44because of waves of illegal immigration. So this is our chance to finally solve

01:49this problem once and for all. Florida is playing the leading role amongst the 50

01:54states. And I don't think there's anyone that's even close to doing what we've

01:57done. Okay, we have any questions.

02:00So two questions. One, I wanted to ask you about something we've seen consistent