Roughly 70 Florida National Guard troops have been deployed to the newly built, remote immigration detention site deep in the Florida Everglades dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" as the Trump administration leans harder on the military to enforce its nationwide immigration crackdown.

In his first term, President Donald Trump reportedly fantasized about securing America’s southern border against immigrants with a moat stocked with snakes or alligators and an electrified wall topped with spikes.