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  "path": "/2026/05/13/desantis-on-alligator-alcatraz-weve-saved-taxpayers-money/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-13T17:38:35.000Z",
  "site": "https://floridaphoenix.com",
  "tags": [
    "Florida government",
    "Immigration",
    "Politics & Law",
    "Alligator Alcatraz",
    "deportation depot",
    "illegal immigration",
    "Ron DeSantis",
    "undocumented immigrants"
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  "textContent": "As Florida prepares to wind down the so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” lockup amid high costs and claims that it’s now obsolete, Gov. Ron DeSantis reflected Wednesday on the remote facility’s nine-month run. “We’ve saved taxpayers money,” he told onlookers at an unrelated Brevard County press conference. “We’ve saved taxpayers from medical care and schooling [of undocumented […]",
  "title": "DeSantis on ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: ‘We’ve saved taxpayers money’"
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