Key to the marketing ploy underpinning Florida's detention camp in the Everglades is the alligator, portrayed by Republican leaders as a blood-thirsty prison guard ready to attack anyone who escapes.Why it matters: Nothing about the portrayal is accurate,

The location of Trump's immigrant detention center has a painful history of incarceration, abuse, and private interests.

Editor's note: The little-used airstrip in the Everglades that the state is using to build a detention center for immigrants, dubbed " Alligator Alcatraz ," is part of a storied history involving Palm Beach County at one point.

The remote facility in the Florida Everglades is expected to cost the state about $450 million annually to operate.

There may or may not be a stretch of pavement in the Everglades that exposes an alleged lie about Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” detention camp.

Alligator Alcatraz: Trump speaks at immigration detention center in Florida Everglades The history of the 'Alligator Alcatraz' airstrip and how Palm Beach County was involved 'Alligator Alcatraz ...

Detainees at Alligator Alcatraz described limited access to water and fresh air, saying they received only one meal a day and that the lights are on 24/7.

“Alligator Alcatraz” is the insulting name Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has given the inhumane detention center he has erected in the Everglades to house immigrants rounded up in the Trump administration’s draconian assault on allegedly undocumented people living in the United States.

Yeah, it's a concentration camp. It's also a meme, a troll and an especially ugly distillation of American history

The group has received reports this week that detainees from the island have been sent to the Florida facility and allege "rights violations and dehumanizing treatment" there.