Gov. Ron DeSantis said that unauthorized immigrants could avoid being taken to the state-run detention center in the Everglades if they chose to self-deport.
James Uthmeier, the new attorney general, has followed an aggressive playbook similar to that of Gov. Ron DeSantis. “The guy’s got a future,” President Trump said.
Gov. Ron DeSantis said hundreds of immigration detainees had departed a state-run detention center in the Everglades on planes, some for federal facilities, and others out of the country.
City commissioners said the move was meant to save money and improve turnout. Critics noted that it would give some city officials an extra year in office.
Mayor Francis X. Suarez of Miami is supposed to leave office at the end of this year because of term limits. He signed the approved ordinance into law.
Several immigrant detainees described high tension and anxiety at the remote, hastily constructed facility over a lack of information, recreation and access to medication.
Florida raced to open the Everglades detention center on July 3, eager to help President Trump’s immigration crackdown by providing more detention capacity.
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