Trump to visit 'Alligator Alcatraz' immigration detention center in Florida Everglades

President Trump on Tuesday will visit "Alligator Alcatraz," a new immigration detention center in the Everglades opened by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R).

The governor issued an emergency order to repurpose the old Dade-Collier Training Airport into what the Trump administration has informally called "Alligator Alcatraz," an immigration detention center that will be able to hold up to 5,000 people, WINK News reported.

DeSantis, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., who is running for governor, will join Trump in his tour of the facility.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier (R) will also join a roundtable discussion on illegal immigration at 10 a.m., which U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Acting Director Todd Lyons and Florida Division of Emergency Management Executive Director Kevin Guthrie will also attend.

Critics claim that the project is rushed and dangerous, in part because it appears to be a tent facility in a subtropical climate and because of the area's dangerous wild animals.  And environmental groups say that the area is 96% wetlands and a critical habitat for endangered species like the Florida panther. A federal lawsuit has already been filed by two organizations to block the project.

DeSantis defended the location, saying it is secure and already developed.

"If someone escapes, there are a lot of alligators they’re going to have to contend with," DeSantis said.