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

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.

The camp was first announced by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, who is DeSantis’ former chief of staff and was manager of the governor’s unsuccessful 2024 presidential campaign, late last month.

Hundreds of detainees held at Alligator Alcatraz, the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, do not have criminal records or charges pending against them in the U.S. -- despite President Donald Trump claiming the facility would hold “ the most vicious people on the planet .”

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

It seems that the DeSantis administration just pulled more than a dozen contracts tied to the Everglades Immigration Detention facility from a public database of state contracts. These contracts total more than $200 million in taxpayer spending, and they are public records.

EXPLAINER: The already-notorious immigrant detention camp was rapidly assembled in a remote location full of dangerous wildlife. But detainees have alleged brutal conditions — even while Republicans sell merchandise,

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.