The city's policies "thwart federal immigration enforcement to the detriment of the interests of the United States," U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said.

A nonprofit immigration support group is suing Homeland Security over the release of records related to traffic stops.

Democrats and union bosses lambasted DHS over their immigration enforcement tactics as the Trump administration ramped up operations.

Gov. Ron DeSantis has said the location in the rugged and remote Everglades was meant as a deterrent against escape, much like the island prison in California that Republicans named it after. The detention center has an estimated annual cost of $450 million, according to a public database.