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,

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,

Florida Republicans stopped selling “Deportation Depot” merchandise related to the state’s planned second immigration detention facility after Home Depot objected, a report said. The Republican Party of Florida had started selling shirts,

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

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the empty prison will be the new home of the state’s second immigration detention facility.