Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis announced a new immigration facility in the Sunshine State is in the early stages of development and will be called the Panhandle Pokey, as the state's Alligator Alcatraz is apparently shutting down.

Newsweek reached out to the governor's office via email Tuesday for additional comment.

Why It Matters

The Alligator Alcatraz detention center was a focal point of President Donald Trump 's second-term immigration platform. Trump, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and other administration officials have touted the facility—built by repurposing the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in Ochopee, Florida—as representing the White House's hard-line stance on immigration enforcement and border security.

Critics—who include Democ

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