Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Homeland Security, told Newsmax on Wednesday that “Alligator Alcatraz,” the controversial immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades, could start housing migrants “as early as this morning.”

President Donald Trump on Tuesday toured the immigrant detention facility, located at Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport, on Tuesday along with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

McLaughlin told Newsmax’s “Wake Up America” that the facility could open for use “as early as this morning,” adding, “It really is quite the feat. Three thousand beds getting developed and put together in just eight days, it’s remarkable what President Trump and Secretary Noem have been able to do since the start of this administration.”

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