Florida could be on the hook for $218 million the state spent to convert a remote training airport in the Everglades into an immigration detention center dubbed “ Alligator Alcatraz.”

The center may soon be completely empty as a judge upheld her decision late Wednesday ordering operations to wind down indefinitely.

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[–] 24 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

what humans in the entire world spend towards the suffering of themselves and or others would house, feed, healthcare, etcetera everyone worldwide

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago

    Lose? Pissing away money on things like this gets a bunch of old cons rock hard and some of their cronies laugh all the way to the bank, and the money wasn't spent on helping anyone unworthy. I'm sure those responsible find it more than worth it.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    Oh no how unfortunate.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    They moved them to the Texas Coyote Alcatraz

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  • OHHHHH NOOOOOOOO 😲

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    [–] 101 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    State may lose its $69 Trillion "investment" if it shuts down its orphan-crushing machine

    Quite the headline you've got there.

    The taxpayers are on the hook for this dumbass bullshit anyway, may as well skip the crimes against humanity.

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  • [–] 70 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Oh man, your taxpayer money was wasted on a concentration camp.

    It's almost like you could have voted against this somehow...

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    You have to convince your brain dead cronies who didn’t though

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  • [–] 45 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Great now do Cop City.

    Honestly though, what could possibly cost so much when you're building tents with chain-link fence inside? Did they spend it all on guns or did it just get laundered to politicians and their subcontractor friends?

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago

    The party of "fiscal responsibility", everyone!

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago

    But hey, Trump and his buddies just made 218 million.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago

    *Aligator Auschwitz. FTFW.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    But there's no money for healthcare or feeding children.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Remind me how a bunch of tents cost over $200 million?

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    [–] 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    The memeification/cutesiness of the name of this center and others (Cornhusker Clink, Speedway Slammer) are blackpilling honestly.

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  • [–] 32 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Call them what they are. Concentration camps.

    From wikipedia, emphasis mine:

    A concentration camp is a prison or other facility used for the internment of political prisoners or politically targeted demographics, such as members of national or ethnic minority groups, on the grounds of national security, or for exploitation or punishment.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    Are they winning yet?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    When have conservatives actually cared about losing money?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    State of morons. They deserve it.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    I wouldn’t doubt that someone made money on it. And lots of it.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    I feel sorry for those floridians who didn't vote for this.

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    I'd vote to pay taxes on three times that amount if it would put a stop to all of this...

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Could not happen to a nicer bunch of MAGAts.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    won't someone think of the bottom line

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    AP focusing on the most important part as usual 🙄

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