The first group of immigrants were scheduled to arrive Wednesday night at a new detention center deep in the Florida Everglades that officials have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” the state's attorney general said.

"Alligator Alcatraz," the new immigration detention center deep in the Florida Everglades, officially began operations, receiving its first wave of detainees.

The first detainees who will be held at a Florida-run immigration detention center deep in the Everglades are expected to arrive on Wednesday night.