Florida officials have said the detention facility, which has been described as temporary, will rely on heavy-duty tents, trailers, and other impermanent buildings, allowing the state to operationalize 5,

An immigration detention facility located at an isolated Everglades airfield surrounded by mosquito-, python- and alligator-filled swamplands is just days away from being operational.

DeSantis said he's considering standing up a facility at a Florida National Guard training center known as Camp Blanding, southwest of Jacksonville.