The creation of President Donald Trump's new migrant detention facility in Florida -- dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" -- has prompted social media users across the world to share an image of a site surrounded by a moat with creatures swimming in it.

President Donald Trump's fascination with reopening Alcatraz, a dilapidated former state prison off the coast of San Francisco, seems motivated more by symbolism than necessity and could risk becoming the administration's biggest boondoggle.

Federal officials recently visited Alcatraz as part of the president's efforts to reopen the historic site as a prison. How did we get here?

The Trump administration is taking steps toward reopening Alcatraz to house detained immigrants and criminals. The notorious maximum-security prison in the San Francisco Bay was shuttered in 1963 due

Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum toured Alcatraz Island to assess its potential reopening as a federal prison at President Donald Trump's direction.

Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum visited the site on Thursday to study whether reopening it as a federal prison could work.

From 1934 until its closure in 1963, Alcatraz operated as a maximum-security federal penitentiary designed to hold what some consider America's most notorious criminals.

Riley Gaines defended her decision to swim from Alcatraz to shore at 31 weeks pregnant, addressing backlash on her podcast after completing the challenge alongside Navy SEALs.

Rep. Nancy Pelosi on Thursday blasted the Trump administration’s effort to reopen Alcatraz as a federal prison.

Since opening earlier this month in the marshy Florida Everglades region, Alligator Alcatraz - named after a notorious federal prison off the coast of San Francisco - has drawn mixed reviews. Democrats and immigrant-rights activists have criticized it, calling it inhumane, while Republicans view it as safe and necessary for national security.