
Emails show DeSantis administration blindsided county officials with plans for 'Alligator Alcatraz'
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration left many local officials in the dark about the immigration detention center that rose from an isolated airstrip in the Everglades, emails obtained by The Associated Press show, while relying on an executive order to seize the land, hire contractors and bypass laws and regulations.