President Trump is pushing to reopen Alcatraz as a federal prison, but the plan faces major hurdles, including steep renovation costs, local opposition, and the need for Congressional approval.

Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi said the effort to reopen the dilapidated former prison is a "diversionary tactic."

U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to convert Alcatraz back into a maximum-security prison could cost roughly $2 billion, Axios reported on Friday citing administration sources. Alcatraz was closed as a maximum-security prison in 1963 after 29 years of operation,