Megan Bowman

speaker

54 appearances 5 recordings 2 series first heard May 2026 last heard 29 Jun

Megan Bowman’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

Trend

recordings per month · last 12 months

Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 5 in all, peaking in May 2026 with 4.

newest first · ▶ plays the moment

The New York Times reports that number is actually a little closer to a million dollars a day.

So including a one-time cost to build it, the state's total yearly cost was nearly $1.4 billion.

So far, it's been the state covering that expense, not the federal government.

They did get a letter to get reimbursed by the feds, but no money has arrived yet.

Well, the governor has always said that the state will get reimbursed.

DeSantis says he talked to FEMA about it the other day and that it will happen soon.

He's always said he was just helping DHS and ICE get enough detention beds temporarily for their immigration enforcement.

Now, he says, if DHS can handle the detainees, he's happy to close Alligator Alcatraz.

Now, ICE data shows out of nearly 1,400 male detainees there now, 900 have no criminal record.

We're going to see if things are really going to wind down early.

I should note that nationwide ICE and DHS efforts to expand immigration detention has faced tough and often bipartisan backlash.

But lawsuits over environmental concerns and the treatment of detainees are still working their way through its courts.

There's also a public petition to close the facility.

It has more than 53,000 signatures.

Showing 41–54 of 54 · page 3 of 3

Heard on

Something wrong?

Each row has a “Not Megan Bowman?” link; anything else, tell us.