Uthmeier said the detention center could be up and running in 30 to 60 days once construction starts. He compared it to the former maximum security prison on Alcatraz Island off the coast of San Francisco. Trump has called for reopening the prison for “America’s most ruthless and violent offenders.”

Florida officials are considering a plan to construct a large immigration detention facility deep within the Everglades on land currently owned by Miami-Dade County. The proposal by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier comes as the Trump administration has set a quota for U.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier proposed a new detention facility for immigrants in a social media post Thursday.