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

If somebody were to get out, there's nowhere to run, nowhere to hide — only the alligators and pythons are waiting,” Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said.

Uthmeier said the detention center could be up and running in 30 to 60 days once construction starts. He compared it to the former maximum security prison on Alcatraz Island off the coast of San Francisco. Trump has called for reopening the prison for “America’s most ruthless and violent offenders.”