Alligator Alcatraz is the migrant detention center near the Florida Everglades. New aerial video shows the "small city in the swamp."

The camp's design effectively leverages its environment: Caged units are closed enough to keep people imprisoned but open enough for mosquitoes typical of Florida's hot, wet climate to freely infect detainees. Already, one "Alligator Alcatraz" detainee reports fungus growing on his feet, which he attributes to unsanitary conditions.

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.

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