Ron DeSantis' administration is racing ahead with construction of a makeshift immigration detention facility at an airstrip in the Everglades over the opposition of Native American leaders who consider the area their sacred ancestral homelands.

A massive immigrant detention camp nicknamed "Alligator Alcatraz" will open in early July at an abandoned airfield in the Florida Everglades according to Florida's attorney general. It is expected to house 5,

Here is a brief history of the land where Florida officials and the federal government are building "Alligator Alcatraz."