Environmentalists objected to the plan to set up “heavy-duty” tents to house undocumented immigrants in one of the country’s most prized natural areas.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says new immigration detention centers in Florida will be largely funded by FEMA's shelter and services program.

Florida’s decision to build a massive detention facility for undocumented immigrants in the middle of the Everglades is fast becoming one of the most controversial symbols of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.