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GrannysKnitting's avatar

i'm betting they shut it down because they want to open a 'lesser evil' facility, and this one is the stalking horse

Sonof 1776 (Sonof1776)'s avatar

Sounds like you have a modern day case of cranial-rectal inversion.

Eeee's avatar

Unfortunately all the people bussed out of there are probably just headed to Louisiana. 5th Circuit has the *worst* immigration and civil rights caselaw, so they just coincidentally happen to send a ton of people here for removal hearings

Zyxomma's avatar

Ta, Dok. The whole thing was a stunt by DeathSentence that now has backfired.

Maelen Moonsinger's avatar

The main job's done, the money is stolen.

Nancy wachtman's avatar

I'm not holding my breath.

eddi-SABH's avatar

They are using the same tactics the CIA taught the South American death squads. But are fortunately still too chicken of the legal consequences of throwing the victims into acid baths or out of helicopters.

Wookiee Monster's avatar

So Florida taxpayers are on the hook for $218 million because of racism and maga’s need to do everything on the most half-assed and incompetent manner possible?

Sounds about right.

Hank Napkin's avatar

Monies that could have gone to pushing Manatees to extinction!

The Wanderer's avatar

Tip: Follow the buses to their destination.

Colleen's avatar

I was just wondering what really happens to the people when they are moved out of this place.

Hank Napkin's avatar

Mar A Lago has been converted into a Maximum Security Holding Pen. Detainees will be charged $600.00 per night ($1,200.00 per night with Ocean View) plus meals and drinking water. And yes, they've drained the pool(s).

Rags's avatar

Cmon MAGA's - this is exactly the Jade Helm scenario you were terrified of during the last tfg administration. Why aren't you standing up now??

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha....

Dina's avatar

because it isn't happening to THEM like they thought it would. Yet.

archy's avatar

The site needs to be restored to its natural state and Floriduh needs to pay for that, too.

Pexas Teat's avatar

Next time, try to work in a reference to Trumpblinka

Pamela A Morgan's avatar

This whole project was a knee-slapper from the gitgo.

Axomamma's avatar

"$218 million it has invested in making the airport suitable for a detention center"

What makes it "suitable" is the horrific conditions. The inhumanity is a feature, not a bug.

"They have no way to bathe, no way to wash their mouths, the toilet overflows and the floor is flooded with pee and poop," the woman said. "They eat once a day and have two minutes to eat. The meals have worms,"

https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/detainees-describe-worms-in-food-sewage-near-beds-inside-alligator-alcatraz/

Hank Napkin's avatar

Let's call Made uh Lego a Gulag -- a Stalag if you will. Then Sir is already living in prison!