An international issue is garnering national media attention, with state media sidelined in the publicity push.

On Friday, Gov. Ron DeSantis gave his friends at Fox News the scoop about the state’s second pre-deportation prison coming online.

“BREAKING: Florida opens ‘ Deportation Depot’ migrant detention facility at former Baker Correctional Institution outside Jacksonville,” the outlet posted to X.

DeSantis said that Baker County residents were “probably excited” about the facility, given he got “90% of the vote” in the predominantly Republican North Florida county.

Indeed, one key upgrade is in play at the lockup. Per Director of Emergency Management Kevin Guthrie , “external HVAC units (are) piping air into these facilities.”

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