The Florida Republican Party has fundraised off the facility, selling branded T-shirts and beverage container sleeves. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suggested Monday that the facility would be open and “ready for business” by the time Trump arrives.

President Donald Trump is traveling to the new "Alligator Alcatraz" migrant detention center in Florida's Everglades on Tuesday."We're going out to Alligator Alcatraz. It's the East Coast version, and it should be very exciting,

This is not a nice business,” Trump said. “We’re going to teach them how to run away from an alligator if they escape prison.”