The reports reveal a state-run facility built quickly to detain people under Trump-era immigration policies. They highlight issues like denied entry to lawmakers, heat and bugs inside the tents, and difficulties for detainees to contact legal counsel. "Alligator Alcatraz" is officially recognized by the state and has inspired merchandise.

As Trump, Desantis move forward to build, Alligator Alcatraz, an immigration detention center in the heart of the Everglades, here's what you need to know.

A video shared with the Associated Press overnight on Wednesday shows Florida workers installing a new sign labeled "Alligator Alcatraz" along the only highway leading to the new immigrant detention center in the Everglades.