The abandoned Florida airport has been changed to Crocodile Alcatraz.

The truck’s convoys that carry tents, building materials and portable toilets flow into the actually abandoned airport in UNESCO World Heritage, Florida’s picturesque Everglays.

But they do not help to build the next big tourist attractions in this area.

Instead, they have a foundation for a new migrant detention facility called “Alligator Alcatraz.”

In the middle of the Miami Swamp, this facility was proposed by the state lawmakers to support US President Donald Trump’s deportation agenda.

“You don’t have to invest a lot around you. When people go out, don’t wait for other people other than crocodiles and Python,” James UTHMEIER, a Republican lawyer, posted on social media as a video about rock music.

The new detention center is built on the site of Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport, which is about 43 miles (about 70 km) in the middle of Everglades, an ecological subtropical wetland.

The airfield based on the detention center is a pilot training runway surrounded by vast swamps.

In the summer heat of mosquitoes, we could only move a few meters of compounds when the guards of the truck blocked our way.

We heard the sound from a small canal next to the compound. We wonder if it is hundreds of crocodiles around fish, snakes, or wetlands.

The runway belongs to the Miami-Day de County, but the decision to switch to the detention center in accordance with the 2023 administrative order of Republican Governor Ron Desantis has caused urgent authority to prevent the unplased immigrants.

According to the authorities, the new center, which will begin operations in July or August with the ability to accommodate about 1,000 prisoners, has become a controversial symbol of the Trump administration’s immigration policy.

Human rights groups say that the detention center is increasing as Trump ordered immigration to carry out the “largest mass deportation program in history”.

According to the data obtained by CBS News, the IMMIGRATION and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is higher than 140%of 59,000 prisoners nationwide.

Betty Osceola, a member of Miccosukee American Community, lives near this site and has recently participated in the protests.

As mentioned by the authorities, she believes that it will run for several months or years, not a temporary site.

OSCEOLA talks next to the canal swimming by the crocodile, “There is a serious concern about the environmental damage.

She is also concerned about living conditions that prisoners can face in new facilities.

Such concerns are reflected by environmental groups such as Everglaz’s friends and human rights groups in the United States.

Florida’s ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) said the facility proposed by the BBC said, “It is not simple and ridiculous, but emphasizes how the immigration system is used more and more to punish people rather than handling people.”

Even the ICE detention center in the population of the population said, “It has a well -documented history of medical neglect, legal approach and systematic abuse.”

The BBC MUNDO contacted Florida’s Office of Justice but did not receive a response.

UTHMEIER says in social media videos, this project is a “efficient opportunity to build temporary detention facilities.”

He said, “There is no place to go and there is no place to hide.”

Expansion, adaptation or construction of the new detention center was one of the main tasks of the Trump administration in accelerating deportation.

Kristi NOEM, Minister of Land, Security, said in a statement sent to the BBC that Florida will receive a federal fund to establish a new detention center.

“We are working at a cost -effective and innovative way to convey Americans’ orders to the expulsion of illegal aliens,” he added.

“We will expand the facility and bed space in a few days thanks to the partnership with Florida.”

The NOEM said that the FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency), which is responsible for disaster adjustment, will support funds.

Daniella Levine Cava, the Democratic Party of Miami-Dade County, owned by Airstrip Land, has called for information from the state authorities.

The market said in a statement in the statement that the mayor has “clearly suggested some concerns,” regarding the use of the airport, that is, funding and environmental impacts.

While immigration raids have increased in cities like Los Angeles, the operation to detain immigrants in Miami Dad County and South Florida seems to be much less widespread.

According to the testimony collected by the BBC MUNDO, many Latin -based Latin people prefer to stay at home because they are afraid to be arrested and sent to detention centers.