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

The Florida Department of Emergency management purchased weather monitoring equipment for a 'North Detention Facility,' ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced the opening of a second immigration detention facility, dubbed "Deportation Depot," ...

The state will open a second immigration detention, processing and deportation facility at Baker Correctional Institution ...

A new $39,000 state contract for a weather monitoring system and two lightning sirens was posted to a state website this week ...

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CLAY COUNTY, Fla. — Construction on a new ICE detention facility at Camp Blanding, near Starke, could begin as soon as next week, according to Gov. Ron DeSantis and state emergency officials ...

Camp Blanding is a training site for the Florida National Guard near Starke. It has an air field, which the state plans to use to remove detained immigrants to their countries of origin, and is ...

WeatherSTEM is a Florida company, headquartered in Tallahassee. Questions for FDEM are still pending. On Aug. 1, DeSantis said the federal government has deported over 600 people from the South ...

During the war, Camp Blanding became home to two full infantry divisions and many smaller units. In 1944 and 1945, thousands of soldiers trained here before heading overseas to join combat.

Local ‘We don’t want to do it just to do it’: Camp Blanding ICE facility may take longer than planned By Deja Mayfield, Action News Jax July 07, 2025 at 7:04 pm EDT ...