Florida is set to open a controversial immigration detention hub, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," near the Everglades, raising environmental and human rights concerns. The facility, funded by a massive federal allocation,

An immigration detention facility located at an isolated Everglades airfield surrounded by mosquito-, python- and alligator-filled swamplands is just days away from being operational.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is getting pushback from environmentalists on his proposal to build a temporary migrant detention center in the Everglades.