Gov. Ron DeSantis said hundreds of immigration detainees had departed a state-run detention center in the Everglades on planes, some for federal facilities, and others out of the country.

Texas Senator John Cornyn has expressed support for creating an "Alligator Alcatraz-like" immigrant detention facility in Texas, modeled after a controversial Florida facility, while the Department of Homeland Security seeks other states to expand detention capacity amid allegations of inhumane conditions at the existing site.

What they’re trying to do, at the end of the day, is pretend like this facility is not governed by federal law,”  said one attorney.

President Donald Trump gave his stamp of approval Tuesday to “Alligator Alcatraz,” the new immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, calling it an example of red states