The facility has drawn protests over its potential impact on the delicate ecosystem and criticism that Trump is trying to send a cruel message to immigrants.

The holding facility gets its “Alligator Alcatraz” nickname from the remote location in the Florida Everglades. The large wetland filled with alligators, crocodiles and pythons

Two environmental groups filed a lawsuit in a South Florida federal court on Friday over the immigration detention center under construction in the Everglades that has been dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.