Called "Alligator Alcatraz" by state officials, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday during a stop in Boca Raton that the facility will have "zero impact" on the Everglades.

An immigration detention facility located at an isolated Everglades airfield surrounded by mosquito-, python- and alligator-filled swamplands is just days away from being operational.

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