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.

The new immigration detention center will be located at the Baker Correctional Institution in Sanderson, Florida. The governor said the facility, which is near Lake City Airport, will not house people indefinitely.

The facility comes after DeSantis opened “Alligator Alcatraz,” Florida's first such facility, in the Everglades last month. The governor said that the second detention center was needed by the Trump administration to hold and deport more immigrants. “There is a demand for this,” he said. “I’m confident that it will be filled.”