The state plans to spend up to $6 million to stand up Baker Correctional Institution to hold more than 1,300 people awaiting deportation.

Two separate lawsuits could halt plans for “Alligator Alcatraz,” the controversial makeshift immigrant detention center in Florida’s swampy Everglades.

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced plans to open a second state-run immigration detention facility at the vacant Baker Correctional Institution, while the legal battle to shut down "Alligator Alcatraz" continues. He’s dubbing the new detention center in North Florida, “Deportation Depot.”