A state-run detention facility for migrants has opened in the Florida Everglades. Alligator Alcatraz — that is the official name — was assembled in eight days and opened on July 1. President Donald Trump visited the remote site on opening day, built at an old runway near the Miami-Dade and Collier county line.

Florida lawmakers have voiced their concern over the possibility, and five were recently denied entry into the facility.

The first group of migrants has arrived at “Alligator Alcatraz”, Donald Trump’s new immigration detention centre deep in the Florida Everglades. Aerial footage filmed by NBC News showed officials walking people, who appeared to have their hands restrained in front of them, into the sprawling detention centre.