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Border Czar Tom Homan: Alligator Alcatraz Occupancy At 'About 50%' After Judge Orders Its Closure
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4 months ago
Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Border Czar Tom Homan was asked about the occupancy of Alligator Alcatraz ahead of its closure.
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Sir, how many people are still detained at Alligator Alcatraz, and do you still see a role for that facility?
00:04
It's about 50% full right now.
00:09
First of all, I disagree with the judge who made the decision.
00:12
I went down there.
00:13
I walked through detention areas where these people sleep and live.
00:18
I saw a clean facility, a well-maintained facility.
00:21
I went to the medical center and talked to the nurses there on staff, looked at the medical facility.
00:27
It was great.
00:27
I even asked whether there's a serious situation here, can you handle it?
00:33
And they can.
00:33
And if it got too serious, there's a helicopter right there on premises and taken to the nearest trauma center.
00:39
That's better than a lot of U.S. citizens have.
00:42
And I even went to the cafeteria, and I actually looked at what they were serving for lunch that day.
00:46
I opened it up and looked at it, and it was good food.
00:50
And, you know, the whole environmental concern, I was briefed by the person running the facility,
00:54
that all the waste is removed from that facility every day, taken off-site and removed from the facility.
00:59
And as far as the complex itself, it's built on existing infrastructure.
01:04
The runways and the airport was already there.
01:07
These are just south-sided facilities.
01:09
Now, I'll say this.
01:10
I thought it was a great transition facility, but I do think ICE needs more brick-and-mortar facilities.
01:14
We've got the money now to build infrastructure, like we're building the wall and other things down there.
01:17
We need permanent facilities.
01:19
But I'm thanking Governor DeSantis and the other governors who are stepping up and saying,
01:24
we want to help you build detention facilities because they're affected by the last four years of an open border
01:30
and all the criminals that are released in this country.
01:32
So I welcome the governor stepping up and helping us with these transitional facilities.
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