A new detention center for illegal immigrants has been built in the Everglades in the US state of Florida. US President Donald Trump toured the prison, dubbed 'Alligator Alcatraz', on Tuesday and joked about the escape routes.

Where is Alligator Alcatraz? Dubbed East Coast version of famed prison, Trump and Kristi Noem visited new ICE detention center in Ochopee, Florida.

Deep in Florida’s Everglades national park, surrounded by reptile-infested waters, Donald Trump’s immigration officials are busy building a new detention camp. Trucks carrying dirt and portable generators have streamed onto the deserted airstrip now known as Alligator Alcatraz, some 45 miles from downtown Miami.