DeSantis announced plans to convert a shuttered North Florida prison into an immigration detention center, replacing a costlier proposed site.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said the planned facility, which is expected to hold 1,300 beds, will be operational “soon.”

Dubbed the “Deportation Depot,” Gov. Ron DeSantis at a news conference last week called the vacant Baker prison “ready-made infrastructure.” It once held 1,165 inmates. The governor’s office said the site would hold 1,

DeSantis justified building the center that he dubbed "Deportation Depot," by saying the Trump administration needs the additional capacity to hold and deport more immigrants.

A line of merchandise sold by the Florida Republican Party with branding for the state's newest immigration deportation facility — Deportation Depot — has been removed from the party's website. Shortly after the new facility was announced,

Deportation Depot, a second immigration detention facility in Florida, has been proposed by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

LAUREN KEENAN] THE FLORIDA REPUBLICAN PARTY WAS SELLING MERCHANDISE, LIKE T-SHIRTS AND HATS, BRANDED FOR STATE'S NEWEST IMMIGRATION DEPORTATION FACILITY: "DEPORTATION DEPOT". BUT THAT MERCHANDISE HAS NOW BEEN TAKEN DOWN.

"We won't back down to the radical left," Florida GOP posted on X, announcing the merch days before it disappeared.