DeSantis under fire for using disaster funds to build migrant detention jail

Analysis of $20m spent on Alligator Alcatraz' shows some contracts went to governor's donors or allies

Officials in Florida diverted crucial disaster preparedness and response resources to support the hasty construction of the so-called Alligator Alcatraz migrant detention jail by the Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, a newly published report has claimed.

Some of the $20m in contracts analyzed by Talking Points Memo (TPM) before they inexplicably disappeared from the Florida department of financial services website went to donors or political allies of DeSantis, the report said.