The “Alligator Alcatraz” immigrant detention center, located in the Florida Everglades, is up and running and another site will follow at Camp Blanding, Florida National Guard training headquarters, before the month is over, state Attorney General James Uthmeier, who has played a key role in opening the detention centers, told Newsmax. 

“We want to lead and set the example for other states,” Uthmeier, who was appointed as attorney general to replace now-Sen. Ashley Moody, said Tuesday on “Rob Schmitt Tonight.”

“We’ve got to step up,” Uthmeier said. “We’ve got to help the president deliver on his promise to shut down the border for once and for all, and deport people back where they came from. So we’re all in. We’re going to help out.”

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