An immigration detention facility located at an isolated Everglades airfield is just days away from being operational, according to Florida officials.

Florida this week started construction on a migrant detention facility the state is billing as “efficient” and “low-cost” – because Mother Nature will provide much of the security. “Alligator Alcatraz,

The Department of Homeland Security signed plans to house up to 5,000 people in Florida who are either arrested by state officers or detained by federal immigration authorities.