The United States have begun deportation flights from the remote immigration center known as Alligator Alcatraz, which are expected to increase soon, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said Friday.
The first flights operated by the Department of Homeland Security have transferred about 100 detainees from the immigration detention center to other countries, DeSantis said during a news conference near the facility.
"You're going to see the numbers go up dramatically," he said.
Two or three flights have already departed, but officials didn't say where those flights headed.
Critics have condemned the South Florida facility as cruel and inhumane. DeSantis and other Republican officials have defended it as part of the state's aggressive push to support President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration.
