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

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.”

"If somebody were to get out, there's nowhere to run, nowhere to hide — only the alligators and pythons are waiting," Uthmeier told "Fox Business."