Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) announced Thursday that Florida‘s second illegal immigrant center, “Deportation Depot,” has opened after a court ruled that “Alligator Alcatraz” could remain in operation.

“Deportation Depot” is housed at the Baker Correctional Institution, which can hold up to 2,000 people.

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The facility is already taking in illegal immigrants. DeSantis also said the state is opening a third facility, called the “Panhandle Pokey,” in northwest Florida.

“We’re not only doing ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ we’ve now opened the ‘Deportation Depot’ up in northeast Florida, and we’re working on opening a ‘Panhandle Pokey’ in northwest Florida,” DeSantis told Fox News.

The facility’s opening comes after a federal appeals court, in a 2-1 decision, stayed a lower court’s ruling to close “Alligator Alcatraz.” An appellate judge openly wondered how the lower court came to its decision. The court ruling was a victory for the GOP and President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda, which requires enough space for migrants to be held before they can be deported.

“It is entirely unclear to us, moreover, how the district court concluded that it could order the proactive dismantling of the Facility by way of a mandatory preliminary injunction,” Judge Barbara Lagoa, a Trump appointee, wrote in her opinion for the appellate court.

The previous order would have forced the closure and dismantling of “Alligator Alcatraz.”

Other detention sites have had tagline-like names like the “Speedway Slammer” in Indiana.

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No timeline or specific location has been set for the ‘Panhandle Pokey.’ The Florida governor said the new facility will help immigration efforts by shortening travel for detainees.

“You know, you’re in the panhandle sending to ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ that’s a long way,” DeSantis said at a press conference earlier this week. “Even sending to the Deportation Depot in north Florida, that could be three to five hours, depending on where you are in the panhandle.”