Online, the Florida GOP is selling Alligator Alcatraz t-shirts, hats and beer koozies. It has also drawn protests from environmentalists and critics of Trump’s policies.DeSantis sees Alligator Alcatraz as the first of multiple state-run immigrant detention centers.

The Trump administration and Florida leaders partnered together to build a detention facility on a remote site nestled in the state’s swampy Everglades to hold migrants awaiting deportation. The site,

President Donald Trump visited a new immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades on Tuesday as state officials showcased what critics are condemning as an inhumane makeshift prison camp and what supporters are embracing as a national model for aggressively ramping up detention and deportation efforts.