The detention immigration facility is located in an idle airstrip in the Everglades that the DeSantis administration recently seized from Miami-Dade County using emergency powers.

President Donald Trump promoted a migrant detention center dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" on Tuesday, which led to a wave of condemnation online.

In a court filing, the federal government says it has nothing to do with the state-run migrant detention center deep in the Everglades.