Overview
- Vendors at the Everglades camp were told Tuesday the remaining roughly 1,400 detainees will be moved by early June, then the temporary complex will be dismantled and the airstrip returned to training use.
- State costs have climbed toward $1 billion, with daily spending near $1 million and a $608 million FEMA reimbursement approved but still delayed as another roughly $300 million remains in doubt.
- A DHS spokesperson said the department is not pressuring Florida to shut the site, and state officials say they have received no written plan detailing the shutdown or where detainees will be sent.
- Advocates have described harsh conditions, citing 24‑hour lighting, denied medicines and poor access to attorneys, and a recent court order required better legal access and confidential phone calls.
- The facility opened in July 2025 on the Dade‑Collier airstrip and has faced lawsuits from environmental and tribal groups, so any relocation may shift people to other ICE sites in Florida as those groups push for Everglades repairs.