SANDERSON, Fla. — Florida taxpayers may be on the hook for more than $200 million after a judge upheld a ruling to shut down the controversial immigration detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz," located in the Everglades.

The decision comes amid reports of unsanitary conditions and detainees being cut off from the legal system at the facility.

State Representative Angie Nixon criticized the spending and the handling of the center.

"They knew that this place was gonna get shut down," Nixon said. "They did it anyway and they're now trying to do the same thing at Baker County and so we should be outraged."

Plans are underway to open a second immigration detention center at the former Baker Correctional Institution in Baker County, dubbed as the "Deportation Depot."

Governor Ron D

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