Donald Trump has toured a new immigration detention centre in the Florida Everglades, suggesting the facility, nestled amidst alligator-filled swamps, could serve as a model for future lockups nationwide.
The US President joked about those locked up being attacked by alligators if they escape.
His visit on Tuesday comes as his administration accelerates efforts to expand the infrastructure necessary for increasing deportations.
During the tour, Mr Trump expressed a desire to see similar centres established in "really, many states" across the country. He also controversially raised the prospect of deporting US citizens.
Further escalating concerns, the President endorsed the idea of deploying Florida National Guard forces to act as immigration judges. This measure, he argued, would ensure migrants are ejected from the country more rapidly, despite the widely acknowledged constitutional implications of such a move.
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