The Attorney General of Florida James Uthmeier praised the center earlier because relatively little money is needed to secure the 78 square kilometer site. “You don’t have to invest so much in a fence,” said the Republican. “When people escape, they don’t wait much more than alligators and pythons.”
The center was set up in a week. According to NBC News, there will eventually be room for five thousand people. Due to the many arrests by immigration service ICE, part of the strict anti-immigration policy of Trump, many more places in detention centers are needed. In mid -June, according to government figures, 56,000 people were in such centers, compared to 39,000 when the president took office.