Less than two months after a controversial South Florida immigrant detention center launched to Republican fanfare, alligator-themed merch, a visit from President Donald Trump, lawsuits and protests, "Alligator Alcatraz" may be empty soon with a $218 million price tag.

The Department of Homeland Security has started moving detainees out of the mass detention facility in the Big Cypress National Preserve in the Everglades, Gov. Ron DeSantis said during a press conference Aug. 27, days after a federal judge ordered a stop to new construction and blocked the transfer of any new detainees.

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