The state filed a 22-page response to a motion filed by Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity seeking a temporary restraining order to halt the facility.

As Florida prepares to open a new immigrant detention center deep in the Everglades, the state’s Republican Party is capitalizing on the moment with a new line of merchandise, branded with the nickname “Alligator Alcatraz.

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