President Donald Trump’s authorization of National Guard troops to serve as immigration judges in Florida has been met with praise and backlash as the administration looks to speed up the process of deporting illegal migrants.

On Tuesday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appeared with Trump as the duo toured a newly renovated detention center for illegal aliens nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz,” due to its isolated location within the Florida Everglades. The state is in the midst of converting the 17,000-acre Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport just west of Miami into a massive holding facility.

Trump was asked by the Washington Examiner if he would support DeSantis’ idea of using National Guard troops to serve as immigration judges as a way of expediting the process of deportation.

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