Florida Rep. Maria Salazar defends 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center as meeting the 'highest standards' after a tour, contradicting Democrats' claims of cruel treatment.

Trump celebrates Alligator Alcatraz grand opening, as immigration officials continue the search for escaped detainees from New Jersey. What to know

Since Alligator Alcatraz, a detention facility nestled deep in the Florida Everglades, was proposed in June, it has sparked a lot of reactions across the nation. President Donald Trump toured the

President Donald Trump visits "Alligator Alcatraz," a new detention facility in the Florida Everglades surrounded by alligators and pythons, set to house up to 5,000 migrants.

Deep in the marshy wetlands of the Florida Everglades – less than 50 miles west of President Donald Trump’s Doral resort in Miami – sits the latest battleground in his administration’s immigration enforcement efforts: A detention facility dubbed,

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“In most respects, ICE facilities operate with less consistent oversight and legal accountability than state or federal prisons or local jails,” Brinkley-Rubinstein said. “ICE detention facilities and people that run them tend to be much less transparent about their operations.”

Florida's Miccosukee tribe challenges new Everglades detention facility over environmental and safety concerns, as Trump tours the 5,000-person "Alligator Alcatraz."