While the state is preparing for a second immigration site, Gov. Ron DeSantis said the Camp Blanding location is still on standby.

But data and news reports about the first month’s arrivals show the majority of Alligator Alcatraz’s detainees do not have U.S. criminal convictions.  President Donald Trump, federal officials and Florida Republicans touted the remote Everglades immigration detention centers — dubbed Alligator Alcatraz — as a place to detain people deemed the "worst of the worst.

With Florida's so-called Alligator Alcatraz now open, another migrant detention facility roughly 400 miles north of the original is already planned in the Everglades.

Following the opening of 'Alligator Alcatraz', Camp Blanding is set to become the state’s second immigration detention center. What you should know.

Immigrants' rights advocates with the ACLU filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Wednesday, alleging that the "Alligator Alcatraz" immigration detention site denies detainees access to lawyers and violates their rights.

Catch up on the unfolding saga of the immigration detention center in the Everglades.

Gov. Ron DeSantis told reporters the state is planning to hold another 2,000 detainees at the Camp Blanding migrant detention facility.

Governor Ron DeSantis spoke about his plans for a second immigration detention facility Tuesday after President Trump arrived in Florida to tour “Alligator Alcatraz.”

DeSantis is moving fast on ICE detention center "Alligator Alcatraz" in Florida. Trump ramped up efforts to deport undocumented immigrants in the US.

With Florida's so-called Alligator Alcatraz now open, another migrant detention facility roughly 400 miles north of the original is already planned in the Everglades. (Scripps News Group)