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00:00Florida Division of Emergency Management, Larry Keefe, Immigration Executive Director in Florida,
00:08General John Haas, Florida National Guard, Department of Corrections Secretary Ricky Dixon,
00:15Baker County Sheriff Scotty Roden, Bradford County Sheriff Gordon Smith,
00:20St. John's County Sheriff Rob Hardwick, and Union County Sheriff Brad Whitehead.
00:25And we, you know, I put out, you know, there is a storm in the Atlantic.
00:31Every model has it turning and not impacting Florida or maybe even the continental U.S., depending on when it turns.
00:39We always watch these things.
00:41You know, I'm always talking with Kevin about it.
00:43If there's anything that changes, obviously, we will be ready.
00:47But, you know, we've been watching it now for several days, and most of the models are in an agreement.
00:52It looks like it may be more of a threat for Bermuda than for certainly Florida, and it may not even impact any continental U.S.
01:00Maybe it will do North Carolina, some of those places they get up.
01:02We'll see what happens.
01:04But we're ready to respond if that is the case.
01:08We're here today at this Baker County Correctional Facility because we're taking yet another step in supporting the important mission that President Trump was elected to implement
01:23in securing the border, enforcing immigration laws, and removing illegal aliens who are in our society now and sending them back to their home country.
01:34We have done more on this than any other state by a country mile.
01:39We're the only state in the country that requires all state and local law enforcement agencies to participate in ICE operations.
01:51We have that as a requirement of our state law based on the legislation that I pushed for earlier this year.
01:58Jay Collins, as a state senator, was with us fighting against attempts to impose sanctuary policies in Florida.
02:06Thankfully, that didn't end up happening, and we got very strong immigration enforcement legislation.
02:13Now, we've been at this for a long time, banning sanctuary cities early in my term.
02:18When Biden came in and opened the border, we sent people down to Texas at the border there to help them.
02:24When there were gaps in the maritime interdiction, we launched Operation Vigilance Century.
02:32They've interdicted 18,000 illegal aliens at sea, just us, not even including all the many more that the Coast Guard has gotten,
02:42and we're able to repatriate them to their home countries.
02:45We've also had transport programs sent to New York, sent to California, and even sent to Martha's Vineyard.
02:53And these are sanctuary jurisdictions.
02:55They like to squawk about having more illegal immigration in their communities,
03:00and yet when they're faced with it, a lot of times they get upset that they're having to deal with it.
03:05We do not provide benefits like identification cards, driver's license.
03:10And then even under my tenure, we repealed the in-state tuition for illegals that had been put in last decade,
03:18and that was something that the legislature stepped up and did, so I appreciate them doing that.
03:24So as we got into this, we were the first state to do any 287G agreements with our state agencies back in January.
03:32We've been working hard.
03:34We're on these task forces with DHS and with ICE.
03:38A lot of illegal aliens can get rounded up.
03:41I mean, that's just the nature of the problem because you've had so many come in.
03:46We know in Florida there's anywhere from 50,000 to 100,000 that already have final orders of removal.
03:54So they're in our country illegally.
03:56They've already gone through the process, and they've been ordered to be removed, and yet nothing had happened.
04:02So we're very keenly aware of that and working to correct that.
04:06So these 287G agreements formalize these relationships and allow us to conduct immigration enforcement operations.
04:15I mean, think about the highway patrol.
04:17When Biden was in, you could have an illegal alien driving drunk on the highway.
04:24You know, we have Rep. Michaels here.
04:27Her son was killed by a previously deported illegal alien that rammed into her son on the roadways.
04:35And so this has massive consequences for our citizens.
04:41So you'll have that, and our guys would pull over, and they would do their normal thing.
04:46But if someone didn't have a proper license, was here illegally, you would call ICE under Biden, and ICE would basically not respond, or they wouldn't come and get these people.
04:57And so you're faced with this situation.
05:00They weren't authorized to bring them to ICE under federal law at the time.
05:05And so it was really frustrating.
05:06Now they're authorized to conduct immigration enforcement actions.
05:11So our highway patrol, in that situation, they see this person's violated traffic laws.
05:17They're here illegally.
05:18They bring them directly to ICE, and they get processed, and the law gets enforced.
05:24So it's really been a sea change since the Trump administration came to power in January.
05:30And so we've been doing these things.
05:31But the one thing that DHS kept telling us is, you know, you're apprehending illegal aliens faster than we can hold, process, and deport them.
05:42And they didn't have space.
05:43And so that was the genesis of us doing Alligator Alcatraz down in South Florida.
05:48This was an airport that actually is used.
05:52It's used for a lot of training.
05:53But when they first built it, they actually had these visions of creating, like, the biggest airport and anyone.
06:00And that didn't end up happening.
06:01So you've got two miles of runway.
06:03You've got all this stuff that you need.
06:06And we were able to stand up this detainee processing and deportation facility in record time.
06:13So you've had now many, many hundreds that have already been processed out and that have been flown out of there.
06:20And they're doing more and more every day.
06:23And that facility can hold thousands of illegal aliens.
06:27So that was being done.
06:28We also said, you know, we have the ability to do more than that.
06:33DHS, in their agreement with us, too, because they're reimbursing these expenses, they anticipate up to $5,000.
06:41So we said, you know, you're going to probably need a different facility if you want to do that many.
06:47And I had mentioned publicly about using Camp Blanding in northeast Florida.
06:54And there was a lot to recommend to it.
06:57It was close to Cecil Field, so you could run flights out of there pretty quickly.
07:01Blanding does have air capacity, but probably not a big enough runway to handle large planes.
07:08And ultimately, you know, you want to get 200 illegal aliens on a plane and fly them back to their own country.
07:13I mean, so you do need bigger planes.
07:15So we were looking at doing that.
07:17What would the build out look like?
07:18And I said, I'm prepared to move forward once I know we have a demand signal that this is going to be used and used very quickly.
07:26And so we have reached that point where I'm confident that we need additional capacity beyond what we're already doing down in South Florida.
07:37And so I've been working with Kevin Guthrie to authorize and to stand up a new facility.
07:44And, of course, we were going to initially focus on Camp Blanding.
07:51However, as we started looking around and as Kevin was doing his due diligence, you know, there's a massive part here at Baker Correctional that is vacant, that isn't being used for any state correction activity.
08:10And so you talk about ready-made infrastructure, this was something that was very appealing from that perspective because it would require us to do a lot less in standing up than we would at Blanding and far less than we had to do at Alligator Alcatraz.
08:27Now, Alligator Alcatraz has the runway right there.
08:29That's a one-stop shop.
08:31I don't think you'd get any more convenient than simply carting people, you know, 2,000 feet away and get them on a plane and then that's it.
08:38But here at Baker Correctional, we're right down the road from Lake City Airport.
08:44And so that is something that is good.
08:46That's something that's going to make a difference.
08:48So I'm here to announce today that we are authorizing and will be soon opening this new illegal immigration detention processing and deportation facility here in North Florida.
09:05We are calling this the deportation depot.
09:08It is going to be named, it is going to be located here at Baker Correctional Institute.
09:13And again, the reason of this is not to just house people indefinitely.
09:18We want to process, stage, and then return illegal aliens to their home country.
09:24That is the name of the game.
09:26And that's what we do in Florida.
09:28We know that this is an important national priority, not only of President Trump, but of the American people.
09:34Of all the issues in the election, I can tell you this immigration and border issue was either the top or right near the top on all people's minds.
09:45And so we have identified this location.
09:48It will be able to hold more than 1,300 illegal alien detainees.
09:53You will have the same services that you have at Alligator Alcatraz.
09:57Costs will be reimbursed by our federal partners.
10:01And as I mentioned, Lake City Airport is just right down the road.
10:04It's 15 minutes away.
10:06This is something that the Division of Emergency Management worked very quickly on.
10:11This will be operational soon.
10:15It's not going to take forever, but we're also not rushing to do it right this day.
10:20They're doing what they need to do to get it done in all deliberate speed.
10:24So I'm proud of them for their work.
10:26Florida is making a difference.
10:28This is a priority for the people of our state.
10:31It's a priority for the people of this country.
10:35And I don't want to see any more angel moms in Florida like Kayann who lost a loved one because the laws weren't being enforced.
10:46We have an administration that's committed to doing that in Washington, and no state has done more to support that effort than we have in the state of Florida.
10:56Now, we're going to hear from a number of folks.
10:59One guy I'd like to bring up now, we just had an event in Tampa on Tuesday there at the team house.
11:07A lot of retired Green Berets were there to celebrate the appointment of one of their own as Florida's lieutenant governor.
11:15Florida is now the only state in the country where both the governor and the lieutenant governor are military veterans.
11:22I mean, probably 50, 60 years ago, it would have been hard to find a state that didn't have that.
11:27Times have changed.
11:28But Jay Collins served for 23 years.
11:31He was a Green Beret involved in Special Forces.
11:34He was wounded in action, eventually lost one of his legs, and had the opportunity to retire with a medical discharge or medical retirement.
11:48But he re-upped and served with a prosthetic leg for additional five years as a Green Beret.
11:53That's not something that's normal.
11:55He's also, in his private capacity, been involved in disaster response through his OBR group.
12:05And when we have hurricanes, he's there immediately providing sustenance to displaced residents, first responders.
12:12It has been very strong in terms of those operations.
12:15He was a state senator for a number of years and was responsible for really key policies like our legislation to ban China from purchasing farmland or any land in the state of Florida,
12:29supporting the bill that we did in immigration to really hold illegal aliens accountable and help the federal government with deportation.
12:38He's been a strong advocate for veterans.
12:40And he's just been an incredibly productive elected official.
12:44And then you have things like the Israel-Iran conflict, the 12-day war, and we had Floridians over there.
12:52And as we do, we step up.
12:55People needed a way out of Israel.
12:57The airport was closed.
12:58There were rockets and ballistic missiles raining down.
13:02And so I authorized and Kevin Guthrie implemented rescue missions to be able.
13:07And we rescued.
13:08I mean, we brought thousands of people out of Israel.
13:11We had many, many hundreds that were brought back on flights that we arranged for them, mostly out of Cyprus.
13:17And that was great.
13:19And people really appreciate it.
13:20Jay Collins, as a state senator, he wasn't just showing up at a press conference with me, rah-rah.
13:27He was in Israel.
13:28He was in Jordan.
13:28He was physically working to bring people to safety.
13:32And I know he saved many lives in the process of doing that.
13:36And so he's an expeditionary lieutenant governor.
13:40And I refer to him as the Chuck Norris of Florida politics because he just gets it done.
13:46So I want him to come up and say a few words now that he has officially been put in as lieutenant governor.
13:53Thank you, governor.
13:56Well, good morning, everybody.
13:57It's great to be here today.
13:58I want to kick this off by recognizing a few of the people to our left and right behind us.
14:04Kyan, nothing can return your son.
14:07Thank you for your leadership.
14:08Thank you for standing and doing the right thing and fighting to make sure this doesn't happen to other families.
14:14You're incredible.
14:15To our sheriffs, we are so blessed to have people who follow and understand that law matters.
14:22Holding people accountable matters.
14:23To our sheriffs, your heroes in the community, thank you for what you do.
14:28Secretaries Dixon and Guthrie, thank you.
14:31Absolutely incredible.
14:34Their leadership, their focus on getting things done on deeds, not words, is impeccable.
14:39And Larry, Mr. O'Keefe, thank you.
14:43Thankful for what you do.
14:45But together, one thing I learned in the military is teamwork makes a dream work, right?
14:49You look at the people behind us, you have strong, conservative, bold, action-focused leadership from Governor DeSantis.
14:56It's easy to stand on the sideline and do nothing.
14:59It's really hard to step up and make sure that the right things happen.
15:03But that's what we do in Florida.
15:04You heard the governor talk about our 287G.
15:07We've led on that.
15:08Not only are we doing things to get it done, we're leading the nation.
15:13We have partnered with the President of the United States, with the White House, with anybody and everybody who is serious about getting things done and getting illegal immigrants out of our nation and out of our country.
15:26Because that's what Florida does.
15:28You see, when Florida leads, America wins.
15:30And we take our job seriously.
15:33One of the things we have to acknowledge is that there are no sidelines.
15:37Every state is a border state.
15:39And I'm grateful to have a governor who has stood up and led and set an example for others to follow behind.
15:45It's time that other states continue to push forward and press forward.
15:48You heard the governor talk about it.
15:50There was a mandate to the President to step up and take this illegal immigration problem seriously and solve this.
15:57Our citizens are scared.
15:59They're concerned about what are we going to leave our children.
16:01And there is no greater task due me as a dad, as a husband, as a lieutenant governor, and as a leader in this state and this nation than making sure that our people are protected and we protect and preserve those things we love for the next generation.
16:16And that is exactly what we do.
16:19And I want to leave you with this.
16:20If we don't stand up and fight to uphold our laws and hold people accountable and make sure that those who don't care about our laws, who don't care about citizens' welfare and lives, are held accountable, what does that say about our leadership?
16:33What would that say about us?
16:35And here in Florida, we will never play that game.
16:37We will never be a day late or a dollar short.
16:40And we will always lead from the front.
16:42That is how we do things under Governor DeSantis' leadership.
16:45And that is exactly what we're going to continue to do.
16:47Governor, thank you.
16:48Thanks.
16:50So this will really, I think, meet a need that is there.
16:56And I initially, when we did Alligator Alcatraz and the plans that we had presented to DHS, it obviously anticipated additional facilities, one facility, maybe even more, because we could probably do more.
17:10And people are like, well, when are you going to open?
17:11Are you going to open Blanding?
17:12I said, listen, I want to make sure the demand's there.
17:14And the demand is there.
17:16And they are ramping up the flights.
17:18And that cadence is getting better.
17:20And there's even going to be more things that happen on the removal front in the coming weeks and months, I'm confident of.
17:26So this is definitely the right decision to do.
17:29We are going to be able to fulfill this, utilize these resources.
17:34The demand is there.
17:36And our guys are ready, willing, and able to help our federal partners in this really, really important mission.
17:43I would also note that since the opening of Alligator Alcatraz, we have seen an increase in the number of illegal aliens who are taking the voluntary departure where they can get a plane ticket.
17:57And obviously, they're going to be supervised to get on that plane so we can ensure they're doing it.
18:02But they get on and they get a flight back to their home country.
18:05And I think it's just the fact that people say, okay, I know the law is going to be enforced.
18:09If they're not consistent with the law, they know that they could potentially be subject to it.
18:16And so why not just preempt that and just do the right thing?
18:19So I think you're seeing more and more of that, and we'll probably continue to see more going forward.
18:24So this is great.
18:25And just I'm going to bring up Kevin Guthrie to talk a little bit more about some of this stuff in a minute.
18:29But the amount that we've been approved for reimbursement between Alligator Alcatraz and this, we will be able to conduct these operations.
18:38And we will come in under what we've been allotted for reimbursement.
18:43In fact, setting up here at Baker, because we have so much existing infrastructure, it's about a $6 million buildout.
18:52That would have been a lot more at Blanding, and obviously, it was more at Alligator Alcatraz.
18:58So this really makes sense.
18:59Logistically, it makes sense.
19:01Even though we're getting reimbursed, you could spend $100 million, $6 million.
19:05We would get reimbursed through the state of Florida.
19:07But still, we want to be as cost effective as possible.
19:11So I think it's really, really good.
19:13So I'll bring up Kevin to be able to say a little bit more about this.
19:17Thank you, Governor.
19:19Thank you, Lieutenant Governor.
19:20And thank you, Secretary Dixon, Larry Keefe, and Major General John Haas for your support.
19:27Again, my name is Kevin Guthrie.
19:29I'm the Executive Director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management.
19:32And from day one, Governor DeSantis has said a clear message.
19:37And that is illegal immigration has no place in the state of Florida.
19:40Today, the state of Florida, through the collaboration of state and private partners, many of those behind me today,
19:46are proud to announce our second illegal immigration detention facility, also known as the Deportation Depot.
19:52The opening of this second facility symbolizes the successful endeavors of our southern facility and our commitment to detaining illegal immigrants across the state.
20:04This facility will act as a north-based site that will support the governor's mission to keep Florida a law-and-order state and to ensure that Florida families remain safe.
20:17The logistics here, Baker County Correctional Institute, is obviously a facility that is vacant today.
20:24It has a capacity of 1,310 detainees.
20:28We do have the ability to flex that with some temporary dormitories up to about 2,000.
20:34There are seven different dorms on-site today, ranging from 150 to 258 beds.
20:39There is a special housing unit here.
20:42It is surrounded by 12-foot of chain-link fence with razor-ribbon wire.
20:47The services that will happen here will, again, just as they are in South Florida, meet or exceed the federal or state detention standard.
20:56They will have three meals a day.
20:58They will have 24-7 medical facility and pharmacy.
21:01They will have access to indoor and outdoor rec yards.
21:04They will have access to legal and clergy support services.
21:08They will have laundry.
21:09Again, they will have everything that is required under federal or state law for a detention facility.
21:17This facility is a permanent, pre-existing structure, meaning that our teams can get in here, get it operational quickly, efficiently, and without delay.
21:26It is also, again, a permanent structure, meaning that we will not have to look for temporary permits or things like this.
21:33We will move into existing infrastructure.
21:38Florida knows how to deliver when it matters most, and we are here to prove that once again.
21:44From hurricanes to severe weather to large-scale evacuations, even international evacuations, and, Lieutenant Governor, thank you for your leadership and your work on helping us evacuate individuals from Israel.
21:57We have earned a reputation for being prepared, moving fast, managing complex logistics like nobody else.
22:06Our focus is clear.
22:08Uphold the law.
22:10Remain mission-driven.
22:12Deliver real results for the people of Florida.
22:14With the Governor and Lieutenant Governor's dedication to law and order, we've been able to act decisively, expanding our operations northward with this second facility.
22:25Again, I want to thank you all for being here today.
22:28Florida sets the standard, excelling not only in emergency response, but in readiness and operational performance across the board.
22:34Thank you, Governor DeSantis.
22:36Thank you, Lieutenant Governor, for your unwavering leadership and commitment to making our state stronger and safer.
22:45Good afternoon.
22:46I'm Larry Keefe.
22:47Just a few weeks ago, President Trump, Secretary Noem, and the highest leadership in the federal part of this country, came to Alligator Alcatraz, sat down at a roundtable,
22:59and declared to the world that the state of Florida is by far, by any measure, the best and most effective partner the federal government has in the United States of America in the mass deportation mission.
23:13At that same sit-down, down at Alligator Alcatraz, the President and Secretary Noem complimented and recognized our governor, our Attorney General, James Uthmeyer, and this man right here, Kevin Guthrie,
23:30for their vision and understanding what needed to be done to set the standard for what a state does to help the federal government achieve the mass deportation mission.
23:41In addition to the vision, they complimented them on the thoughtfulness, the thinking, the strategic mindset of once you have a vision that the feds cannot do this alone,
23:52that they need force multipliers, and they need the states to step up.
23:56The states themselves can't wait for direction on how to do that and didn't wait for direction on how to do that under Governor DeSantis' leadership.
24:02We stepped up, and we went through the thought process of figuring out how that would actually be done.
24:07How will we help our federal partners?
24:09We had vision, we had thought, and then there was the signature Governor DeSantis' action and results and speed and a sense of urgency,
24:16and we did all of those things, and Alligator Alcatraz is just but one of many examples of that coming into reality,
24:24all generated and done under Governor DeSantis' leadership.
24:28Vision, thought, action, and results.
24:32But the last thing that I want to talk about that was a factor in the compliments from the President and Secretary Noem was resolve.
24:40There are always headwinds when you're doing new, novel, complex, difficult things.
24:44It's not off the shelf. It's not paint by the numbers. It's not easy.
24:48It's resolve.
24:49And that is a hallmark of Governor DeSantis and everyone who works for him is that we are going to run into headwinds.
24:54The stuff that we do is national-level, complex, complicated stuff, and so resolve is key.
25:00And one thing I know for certain about President Trump, he knows how to spot talent.
25:03He knows how to spot people that not only are smart and have great ideas, but work hard, execute, get results,
25:09and have resolve when they run into resistance or headwinds.
25:11So with all of that, Florida is and has become, and just as the Governor said, is the best, they set the standard.
25:18We even wrote kind of a manual on how to do it that is called the Florida Blueprint 1.0.
25:23And I can assure you that Florida Blueprint 2.0 is underway.
25:28But the other thing that the President and Secretary Noem said at that Alligator Alcatraz event a few weeks ago,
25:33in addition to praising Florida and complimenting Florida,
25:37they said, the President and Secretary said, they challenged the other states,
25:41and they said, you need to adopt Florida's blueprint.
25:44You need to do what Florida does.
25:47And the expression that they kept using was, you need to step up and be like Florida.
25:51And we're hard at work at that.
25:53And that mission is ongoing.
25:54This is just another example of that, what is happening here today.
25:57But my real central message today is on this resolve piece.
26:01Because this process, even though it's only six or seven months into it,
26:05is hitting the stage, hitting the part where the opposition, the obstructors,
26:09the people that don't want it to be successful, are going to their primary playbook,
26:15which is well-funded, well-organized lawyers who weaponize courts,
26:21who use lawfare and judicial weaponization to then attack and thwart and obstruct the will of the people,
26:28the mandate that the voters gave the president, the mandate from the entire state of Florida on the special session,
26:34the governor had the vision to convene, to give us the authorities and resources we need to fight this fight,
26:39that that right now is under attack with this weaponized judiciary, with the leftist lawyers.
26:47And at the same time, there is the legacy media distorting the facts, telling lies, twisting and distorting information,
26:57working in what appears to be a very closely coordinated effort with the activist lawyers, the media,
27:04and then you have the riots, like we saw in California that will not happen here because of him and the people behind me.
27:12They coordinated rent-a-riot.
27:14Suddenly people pop up and appear.
27:16They want to shut down the streets in your cities.
27:18The media is amplifying it right out of Hollywood.
27:22And then you got running to the courts, unelected courts, activists, lawyers, and you see that.
27:27Then we saw even more acute things and more criminal things, the doxing and the harassment of the federal law enforcement officers
27:36and their families who live here in this state and in other states just doing their job to enforce the law,
27:40and we're dealing with that.
27:42So this very well-coordinated effort where they couldn't win at the ballot box, they couldn't win at the election,
27:48so they're using these unconventional means, unconventional methods, familiar terms, lieutenant governor,
27:53to basically fight this battle to thwart the will of Floridians and the American people.
27:59But you need to know that resolve peace applies here.
28:02We can, under Governor DeSantis' leadership, do our jobs, stay focused on the mission, mass deportation,
28:08be the best state, and then be able to come up with Blueprint 2.0, 3.0, help, assist, train,
28:15sound familiar, lieutenant governor, to go out in an expeditionary way,
28:19as the governor described, the lieutenant governor, and help these other states adopt and do what we do in Florida.
28:25It's that resolve.
28:27These people have that talent.
28:28And I can go through real quickly the people right here next to me.
28:31Governor DeSantis, if you want to look up the word resolve in the dictionary, you will see his picture.
28:36General Haas, a classically slain general officer soldier who has done it, been to war, strategic planning, all of those things.
28:45He knows how to fight a fight and deal with distractions, shiny objects, and things they are designed to distract him from the mission.
28:51Kevin Guthrie knows how to conduct a mission.
28:54He's been around a long time, not his first rodeo, can deal with distractions of these peripheral flank attacks.
28:59But the thing I'm most excited about today, with all due respect, Governor, is we've got a Green Beret on our team now.
29:05And if you know anything about Green Berets, this is their classic mission,
29:08dealing with this kind of guerrilla asymmetrical side attack, flank attacks, staying focused on the mission,
29:13going and training and teaching the other states.
29:16Because in the end, history shows us that at the end of the day, if you have resolve,
29:21it is a resolve that fundamentally always wins in the end if you keep your eye on the ball and if your cause is just.
29:30And we can never forget restoring our national sovereignty, securing our border,
29:34and enforcing the rule of law with illegal immigration is what it's all about.
29:45Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Director Guthrie, Director Key, Secretary Dixon, thank you.
29:50At the Governor's direction and in coordination with the Florida Division of Emergency Management,
29:55the Florida National Guard continues to provide a vital role in securing our state and protecting our citizens
30:02by supporting state and federal immigration enforcement efforts.
30:06Under Operation Vigilant Century, a joint interagency border security operation,
30:11the Florida National Guard supports both aviation and ground enforcement missions.
30:16Our aviation units, working closely with federal and state, as well as local law enforcement agency,
30:22we conduct daily aerial surveillance and deterrence operations off Florida's southern coast,
30:28resulting in the detention of over 450 migrants and identifying over 130 vessels.
30:34To date, our flight crews, our aircraft, have logged over 4,200 flight hours and conducted 2,000 sorties.
30:42On the ground, our guardsmen have been instrumental in supporting immigration enforcement,
30:47transporting over 3,000 detainees, providing security at seven ICE facilities across the state
30:54and conducting perimeter security and entry control at the Alligator Alcatraz Facility in Miami-Dade County.
31:01Under Title 32 authority, this month, the Florida National Guard will activate 200 additional guardsmen
31:07to provide increased administrative and logistic support at 10 ICE facilities across Florida.
31:13Our guardsmen, all volunteers, are prepared to continue their critical enforcement efforts,
31:19as well as support emerging requirements here in Baker County and other locations across the state
31:24as directed by the governor.
31:26The Florida National Guard remains steadfast in its commitment to safeguarding our citizens
31:31and securing our great state.
31:33I thank Governor DeSantis for his leadership and our law enforcement partners
31:37and fellow agency heads for their support and continued collaboration.
31:41Thank you, Florida First.
31:42Okay, so we said we were going to act.
31:51We are acting.
31:52There will be more news to come out about the deportation depot here in Baker County very soon,
31:58but this will meet a very critical need to have even more space than what we have at Alligator Alcatraz.
32:05And I think that that's – it just shows our guys are really working hard with DHS,
32:11and they're getting the job done and protecting people in their communities.
32:14Okay, I think we're going to just head over here, is that what you want to do?
32:18Okay.
32:19Thanks, guys.
32:19Thanks, gentlemen.
32:22God.
32:22God.
32:23God.
32:23God.
32:23God.
32:23God.
32:23God.
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