Alligator Alcatraz,” the immigrant detention facility that opened Tuesday in the Florida Everglades, has become a rich source of jokes, memes and even merchandise put out by officials aligned with the Trump administration — and the president’s supporters.

When Donald Trump publicly fantasized about alligators eating immigrants trying to escape a detention center, he was echoing words used in the past by avowed racists.

Administration officials say the new facility will speed up deportations, but local politicians and environmental groups have raised concerns.