Gov. Ron DeSantis is using emergency powers to seize an airfield in the Florida Everglades and make a proposed “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration detention center a reality, administration officials said Tuesday.

Florida this week started construction on a migrant detention facility the state is billing as “efficient” and “low-cost” – because Mother Nature will provide much of the security.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said the detention site is expected to open in July in the Everglades. Here's what else we know.