While the state is preparing for a second immigration site, Gov. Ron DeSantis said the Camp Blanding location is still on standby.

With Florida's so-called Alligator Alcatraz now open, another migrant detention facility roughly 400 miles north of the original is already planned in the Everglades.

Immigrants' rights advocates with the ACLU filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Wednesday, alleging that the "Alligator Alcatraz" immigration detention site denies detainees access to lawyers and violates their rights.

Several immigrant detainees described high tension and anxiety at the remote, hastily constructed facility over a lack of information, recreation and access to medication.

Governor Ron DeSantis spoke about his plans for a second immigration detention facility Tuesday after President Trump arrived in Florida to tour “Alligator Alcatraz.”

Catch up on the unfolding saga of the immigration detention center in the Everglades.

Experts are concerned about the dangerous conditions at Alligator Alcatraz, the immigrant detention center that opened Tuesday in the Florida Everglades. Hurricanes, flooding, and mosquitoes pose a more likely threat to people incarcerated there than the alligators and snakes that President Donald Trump has “joked” about.

With Florida's so-called Alligator Alcatraz now open, another migrant detention facility roughly 400 miles north of the original is already planned in the Everglades. (Scripps News Group)