Overview

• The Republican Party of Florida rolled out caps, T-shirts and mugs labeled “THE DEPORT DEPOT” in bright orange and white mimicking Home Depot’s logo style.
• Home Depot spokeswoman Beth Marlowe confirmed the retailer did not approve the merchandise and prohibits any commercial use of its branding.
• The Florida GOP deleted posts about the line from X and removed an Instagram promotion shortly after The Washington Post inquired.
• The merch launch coincided with Governor Ron DeSantis’s plan to convert Baker Correctional Institution into a 1,300-bed state-run immigration processing center dubbed the “Deportation Depot.”
• Controversies persist at the earlier “Alligator Alcatraz” Everglades facility, where environmental lawsuits and detainee health complaints have halted new construction.