Megan Bowman
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first heard May 2026
last heard 29 Jun
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Center for Biological Diversity attorney Elise Bennett says her biggest concern is the detention center Florida officials nicknamed Alligator Alcatraz could reopen.
Bennett says they want assurances the site is shutting down for good, a public evaluation of all the harm caused, and any damage is cleaned up and paid for.
Governor Ron DeSantis says it was a good use of the state's resources.
He's always maintained this was a temporary solution and says it will be taken down over the next two weeks.
For NPR News, I'm Megan Bowman in Tampa.
It's NPR.
Wait, this is true?
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis confirmed the state is talking with the Trump administration about closing the detention center due to costs, following a New York Times report.
The detention center is in the Everglades at a small airstrip and was built in eight days last summer.
The state estimated the first year's cost at nearly $1.4 billion in a grant request from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
FEMA awarded about $600 million for the detention center but hasn't released the money.
Environmentalists say they'll keep fighting to close the facility.
For NPR News, I'm Megan Bowman in Tampa.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis confirmed the state is talking with the Trump administration about closing the detention center due to costs, following a New York Times report.
The detention center is in the Everglades at a small airstrip and was built in eight days last summer.
The state estimated the first year's cost at nearly $1.4 billion in a grant request from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
FEMA awarded about $600 million for the detention center, but hasn't released the money.
Environmentalists say they'll keep fighting to close the facility.
For NPR News, I'm Megan Bowman in Tampa.
I don't like where this is headed.
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