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Originally Posted by tommy156
Bang-up job, MAGA. Your big, bad detention facility didn't even last 3 months.
This is what happens when you put the dumbest fucks in the universe in positions of power.
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Wonder which contractors made bank on the build out? How much do you want to bet that they are politically connected friends of the government?
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/...rders-shutdown
Florida taxpayers may lose $218M on ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ as judge orders shutdown
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida taxpayers could be on the hook for $218 million the state spent to convert a remote training airport in the Everglades into an immigration detention center dubbed “ Alligator Alcatraz.”
Shutting down the facility for the time being would cost the state $15 million to $20 million immediately, and it would cost another $15 million to $20 million to reinstall structures if Florida is allowed to reopen it, according to court filings by the state.
The Florida Division of Emergency Management will lose most of the value of the $218 million it has invested in making the little-used airport suitable for a detention center, a state official said in court papers.
Built in just a few days, the facility consists of chain-link cages surrounding large white tents filled with rows of bunk beds. As of late July, state officials had already signed more than $245 million in contracts for building and operating the facility, which officially opened July 1.
