Dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” the massive tent detention complex built deep in the Florida Everglades can hold 3,000 and could be the template for other facilities in other states.

A local Democratic state lawmaker suing the state to gain full access to Alligator Alcatraz is unlikely to get a final ruling anytime soon, but she did get to see the facility this weekend along with Republicans.

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem has announced that five Republican-led states are in active discussions with the federal government to replicate Florida's recently opened migrant detention facility,

The Florida congressman visited the new immigrant detention center in his state over the weekend and said “we can’t sanitize” its “horrible” conditions.

Salazar, a South Florida Republican, toured the ad-hoc prison at a training airport, which she visited with other federal and state legislators Saturday on a guided tour from the Gov. Ron DeSantis administration.