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ORLANDO, Fla. - A state-run immigration detention facility in the Florida Everglades, nicknamed "Alligator Alcatraz," may be empty within days, a state official said.

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Florida’s state-run immigration detention facility in the Everglades, nicknamed "Alligator Alcatraz," may be empty within days, according to an Aug. 22 email from Florida Division of Emergency Management Executive Director Kevin Guthrie.

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The facility, which opened July 1 and was built to hold up to 3,000 detainees, at one point housed nearly 1,000 people. As of last week, U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost said the population was down to 300 to 350 detainees. At least 100 detainees have already been deported, while others were transferred elsewhere.

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