DHS will help fund the Florida state project — which aims to detain undocumented immigrants in a remote part of the Everglades.

An immigration detention facility located at an isolated Everglades airfield is just days away from being operational, according to Florida officials.

A convoy of trucks carrying tents, construction materials and portable toilets flows into a virtually abandoned airport in Florida's picturesque Everglades, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.But they're not helping build the region's next big tourist attraction.