Many are rejecting the idea, citing environmental concerns — including Executive Director of Friends of the Everglades, Eve Samples.

If somebody were to get out, there's nowhere to run, nowhere to hide — only the alligators and pythons are waiting,” Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said.

Florida’s attorney general is proposing a new site in the Everglades to hold immigrants who entered the United States illegally that he’s calling “Alligator Alcatraz.”