For the general public, pythons are easy enough to avoid. They aren't venomous, but they are killers and known to consume large alligators and deer, sometimes to explosive effects. They join many other animals in Florida that pose risks to humans or can even kill you.

The new immigration detention center at an isolated airstrip in the Florida Everglades that President Donald Trump visited was heralded by Republicans as a potential model for other states to aggressively ramp up detention and deportation efforts.