Many are rejecting the idea, citing environmental concerns — including Executive Director of Friends of the Everglades, Eve Samples.

Florida officials are considering a plan to construct a large immigration detention facility deep within the Everglades on land currently owned by Miami-Dade County. The proposal by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier comes as the Trump administration has set a quota for U.

Florida’s attorney general is proposing a new site in the Everglades to hold immigrants who entered the United States illegally that he’s calling “Alligator Alcatraz.”