Illegal immigrants picked up by state troopers during traffic stops this week are among the first to be moved into “Alligator Alcatraz,” a new state-run federal detention facility in the Everglades. In the six hours with the Florida Highway Patrol around southeastern Florida,

“We should all be appalled about what’s going on,” Nixon said during a press conference outside the detention center after being denied entry.

Burmese pythons can pose a threat to human safety. Attacks on humans are improbable but possible in any locality where the animals are present and people are also present.

Seventeen state attorneys general filed a brief backing Florida, arguing states “retain immigration-related police powers.”