DeSantis Slams Media as ‘ICE Air’ Begins Deportation Flights From Alligator Alcatraz – Twitchy

At a Friday Press Conference, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis confirmed that the Department of Homeland Security has begun deportation flights out of the Everglades detention facility known as Alligator Alcatraz.

We stood up Alligator Alcatraz in just eight days as a centralized facility for deportation staging. The facility has a two-mile runway that allows federal military aircraft to transport illegal aliens out of the country, right on site. These deportation flights operated by DHS… pic.twitter.com/o6xpaEJ753

— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) July 25, 2025

The rest of the Governor’s post:

These deportation flights operated by DHS are underway, and we will support efforts to increase cadence of the flights so that the number of illegal aliens deported keeps increasing.

This is a mandate set upon us by the American people. Florida’s state and local agencies are serving as force multipliers for federal efforts to arrest and deport illegal aliens. We’re charging full speed ahead to deliver on immigration enforcement.

The media at the event seemed more concerned about the Democrat pushed narrative about conditions inside the detention facility.

DeSantis was having none of it.

Watch:

DESANTIS TO DEMOCRATS: “I’ve NEVER seen ONE OF YOU show up to comfort an angel mom who’s lost a child because of illegal alien crime. I’ve NEVER seen you raise *ANY* concern about the victims of illegal immigration. NOT ONE TIME have I seen these Democrats caravan anywhere in… pic.twitter.com/K5NQ918zuA

— Florida’s Voice (@FLVoiceNews) July 25, 2025

The rest of the post:

NOT ONE TIME have I seen these Democrats caravan anywhere in this state, hold a press conference, to be able to stand in solidarity with victims. I’ve NEVER seen that! These are stunts they’re pulling because they’re increasingly politically irrelevant in this state.”

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Of course, Democrats and the media (I repeat myself) don’t care about the victims. Victims don’t change census numbers. Victims don’t become dependent on entitlements that will motivate them to vote for Democrats for generations. Victims offer nothing to the left.

Not only have they never shown up to comfort an angel mom, they couldn’t even stand up for those moms at the SOTU address. https://t.co/QGA7qHFZFM

— FugitiveMama (@fugitivemama) July 25, 2025

When they show you who they are, believe them.

@TheDemocrats love their illegal alien thugs.

— Ann (@Nunjump) July 25, 2025

They sure do, which is why Alligator Alcatraz bothers them so much. Deportation flights have already removed hundreds of illegal aliens from the country, and the frequency of flights is going to increase.

Illegal aliens are now being removed by air from ‘Alligator Alcatraz’https://t.co/QHGNBdBUka

— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) July 25, 2025

As the frequency of flights increases, so will the facility’s footprint. Alligator Alcatraz currently can hold two thousand detainees as they await deportation. It will soon have the capacity to hold four thousand.

DeSantis authorized the construction of the illegal immigrant detention center on a 30-square-mile property in the Everglades’ swamplands of Miami–Dade County under an emergency order. The property in Ochopee is a former airport that has been outfitted with sturdy tent structures. 

The Florida Division of Emergency Management said the site has the capacity for 2,000 detainees but will eventually hold 4,000.

The Alligator Alcatraz facility has been so successful that the DHS is already considering as many as five other locations across the nation to build similar facilities. For now, as Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said, it’s time to ‘Fire up the deportation flights.’

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— Elizabeth 🇺🇸 (@eliz_patriot) July 25, 2025

Vamos pic.twitter.com/bftlJVM8qn

— Jose Galan ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@jgalan707) July 25, 2025

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— Geepers808 🍌 🦍 (@GeepersNFT) July 25, 2025

First, Democrats were mad that illegal aliens were being sent to Alligator Alcatraz. Now they’re angry that they’re leaving.

You just can’t make a leftist happy. Oh well…

ICE Air, you are clear for takeoff.

• Editor’s Note: We voted for mass deportations, not mass amnesty. Help us continue to fight back against those trying to go against the will of the American people.

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