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President Donald Trump to head to Florida for opening of "Alligator Alcatraz" detention facility in the Everglades, supported by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis but opposed by environmentalists and critics.

Florida officials have forged ahead over the past week in constructing the compound dubbed as “Alligator Alcatraz” within the Everglades' humid swamplands.

The detention center was proposed by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier and dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," the prison, Uthmeier said. He said the facility would be built in the middle of nowhere.