DeSantis dealt major blow on paying for 'Alligator Alcatraz'

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis got a blow on Wednesday, as Justice Department attorneys torpedoed a key way his state was hoping to pay for an infamous immigrant detention project known as "Alligator Alcatraz."

According to the Florida Phoenix, federal attorneys have declared that a $608 million federal reimbursement planned to go from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to the state cannot be used to pay for construction or renovation of the facility — only for routine operating expenses.