Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem lauded Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” as a model for state-run detention centers housing migrants, telling CBS News the proximity to an airport gives Immigration and Customs Enforcement newfound “efficiency.”

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis partnered with the Department of Homeland Security to open Alligator Alcatraz at a remote airstrip surrounded by the Everglades in South Florida.

Noem told CBS that similar sites are being considered in Arizona, Nebraska, and Louisiana. Further, governors in South Carolina, Mississippi, and Texas said last month they’re ready to assist in President Donald Trump’s mass deportations of illegal immigrants without confirming whether they’ve been contacted.

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