Alligator Alcatraz, a migrant detention center in the Florida Everglades, is surrounded by swamps infested with dangerous alligators and pythons.

The Trump and DeSantis administrations have characterized the region as a treacherous swamp where little more than alligators ...

Alligator Alcatraz, the migrant detention center in the Florida Everglades, is surrounded by swamps infested with massive Burmese pythons.

Alligator Alcatraz, a migrant detention center in the Florida Everglades, is surrounded by swamps infested with dangerous alligators and pythons.

While Burmese pythons pose a potential threat to humans, there have been no recorded fatalities in Florida. Alligator Alcatraz is Florida's recently opened migrant detention center in the Everglades.

Alligator Alcatraz, a migrant detention center in the Florida Everglades, is surrounded by swamps infested with dangerous alligators and pythons.

The 2025 Florida Python Challenge — a 10-day event to remove invasive Burmese pythons — started July 11 and ends at 5 p.m. July 20. Participants can win money prizes in several categories.