Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says new immigration detention centers in Florida will be largely funded by FEMA's shelter and services program.

"We've had several other states that are actually using Alligator Alcatraz as a model for how they can partner with us as well," Noem told reporters.

The announcement follows shortly after the opening of Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz," a new immigrant detention facility located in the Everglades.

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said on Saturday that she was in talks with five Republican-led states to build another detention site inspired by the "Alligator Alcatraz" facility in Florida.

The Homeland Security secretary is praising Florida for coming forward with an idea that’s been dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” because it would house immigration detainees in a facility being built in a Florida swamp.

According to a report from The Daily Beast, Senator Ted Cruz was vacationing in Greece as tragedy struck his state. Over the July 4 weekend, flash flooding took the lives of at least 95 people in Texas, including 27 children and counselors at Camp Mystic, an all-girls camp along the banks of the Guadalupe River.

Three months after Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem shut down three oversight offices, slashing staff from hundreds to a dozen, advocates and whistleblowers say the move gutted an already fragile accountability system.

The new immigration detention center at an isolated airstrip in the Florida Everglades that President Donald Trump visited was heralded by Republicans as a potential model for other states to aggressively ramp up detention and deportation efforts.

Homeland Security Secretary Noem's "Alligator Alcatraz" detention facility raises concerns about wasting resources on temporary solutions instead of permanent immigration infrastructure.

US president made a series of remarks while touring Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz immigration detention centre.

President Donald Trump toured Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz migrant detention facility in the Everglades ahead of its first expected detainees. Here is a fact-check of some of his remarks.

Florida lawmakers and social media reports alleged 30 detainees share a cell and use the same area for drinking, brushing their teeth, and using the restroom, claims Noem denied.