After spending taxpayers’ money to build and fund Alligator Alcatraz, Florida governor will likely be left holding bill for $608m promised by Trump administration

• DeSantis spent $1.2m of taxpayers’ money per day to open and operate the notorious immigration jail known as Alligator Alcatraz.  
  
  

• Trump’s administration looks likely to leave Florida on the hook for at least $608m spent
  
  

• Financial issues of the remote jail, which include allegations that tens of millions of dollars in lucrative no-bid contracts were issued in secret to the governor’s political allies and Florida Republican Party (FRP) donors.
  
  

• The Associated Press reported in July that DeSantis officials were being vague with local authorities about plans for the construction of the jail; used an executive order and emergency declaration to seize the site, partially situated on ancestral Indigenous American tribe land, and owned by Miami-Dade county.
  
  

• The FRP merchandized caps, t-shirts, and other items—exploiting the illegal suffering of detainees
  
  

• State officials said locating Alligator Alcatraz in a hurricane-prone area will encourage self-deportation