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Florida officials say they still have not received a formal federal shutdown plan for \u201cAlligator Alcatraz,\u201d even as reports indicate the controversial Everglades migrant detention site could close within weeks.<\/p>\n

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The facility opened last summer with GOP fanfare and a presidential visit, but vendors have reportedly been told to prepare for a wind down by June, with roughly 1,400 detainees moved elsewhere.<\/p>\n

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis defended the site Wednesday, describing it as a temporary and necessary effort to help the federal government scale up deportations.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the time, the federal government did not have the resources to do it,\u201d DeSantis said. \u201cNo question that saved lives. No question it\u2019s increased public safety, and no question it\u2019s the right thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

DeSantis said the operation has helped remove about 22,000 people since it began. He also pushed back on criticism over the site\u2019s cost.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe media, they\u2019re very concerned about the cost of detaining and deporting illegal aliens,\u201d DeSantis said. \u201cThey never talk about the cost of having illegal immigration.\u201d<\/p>\n

But state officials say they have not received definitive notice from the federal government about whether the facility will close \u2014 or what that process would look like.<\/p>\n

Florida Division of Emergency Management Director Kevin Guthrie said Wednesday the state has received no formal written communication about a shutdown.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have not received anything in writing,\u201d Guthrie said. \u201cWe have received zero communication formally saying, \u2018Hey, this is the path going forward. Here\u2019s how we\u2019re going to try to get there.\u2019 That has not happened.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The facility has remained a target for Democrats, who have criticized the amount of state money used to build and operate it. The total price tag has been estimated at a half-billion dollars or more, while reports have indicated the site costs about $1 million a day to operate.<\/p>\n

\u201cHalf a billion dollars, that\u2019s real money,\u201d Florida House Minority Leader Fentrice Driskell said. \u201cThat\u2019s money we could reallocate to affordable housing. Those are resources we could put towards paying our teachers what we\u2019re worth.\u201d<\/p>\n

DeSantis has said FEMA approved a $608 million reimbursement for Florida\u2019s deportation operations, though he said the state has not yet received the money.<\/p>\n

Environmental groups fighting the site in court say they will continue pressing for its closure and for damage to the Everglades to be addressed. Friends of the Everglades Executive Director Eve Samples called the facility harmful to a sensitive ecosystem.<\/p>\n

\u201cNational parks in our country have been called America\u2019s best idea,\u201d Samples said. \u201cAnd Alligator Alcatraz sure looks like one of America\u2019s worst ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n

What happens next remains unclear. But the future of the site is being watched closely in Tallahassee as lawmakers continue negotiating Florida\u2019s next state budget.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Forrest Saunders with the <\/i>Scripps News Group in Tampa Bay.<\/i><\/p>\n

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