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.

The facility, which has been called a "concentration camp," was slated to become operational on July 1 after a visit by President Donald Trump.

Alligator Alcatraz's first detainees at the new migrant detention center have alleged that they are living in horrid conditions and being treated inhumanely

“There is no water here to bathe,” Leamsy said. “They give you food only once a day, food that even has worms in it.” The musician, whose real name is Leamsy Izquierdo, said the detention center is plagued by mosquitoes “the size of elephants and that the lights in the facility are left on 24 hours a day.

Carved from the Big Cypress National Preserve, the new migrant detention facility called Alligator Alcatraz is now open for business

Just months after President Donald Trump’s administration quietly moved to undercut a hardline immigration push by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, the two Republican former rivals appeared side by side on Tuesday for the opening of a new migrant detention center in the Everglades.

A new state-run immigration detention center nicknamed "Alligator Alcatraz" is set to open Tuesday in the Everglades.

Articles and videos about Alligator Alcatraz tour planned for Saturday as Democratic lawmakers file lawsuit on FOX 13 Tampa Bay.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is pushing back on a new lawsuit filed this week by Florida Democrats related to the recent opening and conditions at "Alligator Alcatraz."

The detention facility nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz” is set to open on Tuesday, and President Donald Trump will be on hand to check it out for himself, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday.

More questions arise over how Florida’s newest immigration detention center is being funded by the Trump administration.