As Republicans try to push through their big bill that would inject billions of dollars into President Trump's deportation campaign,

the president today visited a new detention center in Florida.

The facility dubbed alligator alcatraz by local officials is located at an airport in the Florida Everglades

and is set to hold up to 5,000 beds.

We have a lot of bodyguards and a lot of cops that are in the form of alligators.

You don't have to pay him so much.

But I wouldn't want to run through the Everglades for long.

We'll keep people where they're supposed to be.

This is a very important thing.

Our White House correspondent, Laura Berl andopez, joins us now with the latest.

So, Laura, what should we know about this new facility?

So this facility is located in the Florida Everglades on an isolated 39-mile air strip.

Now, people detained there will be intense to start with plans for a more permanent structure to be constructed later on.

Now, a DHS official told us that they will immediately start holding some 500 to 1,000 beds.

And as early as this month, they are trying to hold some 5,000 beds there.

The operational cost is expected to be about 450 million for a single year,

with the state of Florida paying that up front and then

being reimbursed by FEMA and Homeland Security. Now, environmental groups have already sued

the administration to try to halt construction. But the president again today floated

the idea that he wants more facilities like this. He wants to open the original Alcatraz

to detain people saying in a social media post that he's looking to rebuild Alcatraz prison,

sitting high on the bay, surrounded by sharks. What a symbol that could be. And the administration

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