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 .

The camp appears designed to inflict suffering on detainees and to allow Florida politicians to exploit migrant pain for political gain.

Potential effects include increased light and air pollution, habitat degradation for endangered species such as the Florida panther, and waste spills.

A federal judge on Tuesday nixed the operative part of a temporary restraining order he imposed on the Trump administration, accepting the government’s assurances that money at issue in a lawsuit isn’t at risk of being used to pay for the new “Alligator Alcatraz” migrant detention facility.

Alligator Alcatraz is in Florida, home to dangerous animals that can harm you, like gators, sharks, bears, panthers, snakes and spiders.

Videos from the opening tour of Donald Trump's new detention centre in Florida reveal flooding near electrics, raising concerns that the eight-day construction compromised its readiness, before detainees arrived at the facility.

Blazing lights, sewage: 55 years later, Alligator Alcatraz steamrolls Marjory Stoneman Douglas-led effort to keep the Everglades wild

President Trump on Tuesday visited the official opening of an immigration detention camp in Florida’s Everglades that is surrounded by alligators, aptly dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz." It is set to become the largest migrant detention facility in the U.

The first detainees arrived at Alligator Alcatraz late Wednesday night ... air-conditioned or not — are not sufficient protection for detainees from the natural risks in the Everglades. “Building a bare-bones tented detention center on hot tarmac ...

One of two federally-recognized tribes in Florida wants to join a lawsuit to stop Alligator Alcatraz from operating in the Everglades.