Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said the detention site is expected to open in July in the Everglades. Here's what else we know.

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.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday the federal government will fund a state push from Florida to set up immigration detention centers, including a proposed site in the Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz.