US EditionLawmakers visit ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ but some wonder how much they’ll get to see
FLORIDA EVERGLADES, JUL 14 – Democratic lawmakers criticized poor conditions and restricted access at the 3,000-bed Everglades detention center built to expand migrant detention capacity, amid legal and environmental disputes.
- Florida Democratic lawmakers visited the 'Alligator Alcatraz' immigration detention center on Saturday, July 12, after being initially denied access and filing a lawsuit for entry on July 10.
- The denial followed reports of poor conditions and concerns over state and federal officials limiting unannounced oversight visits to the fast-tracked, temporary facility in the Florida Everglades.
- During the tour, lawmakers reported cramped cages housing 32 men each with limited toilets, flooding evidence, high temperatures, and detainees chanting for freedom, while Republicans described the center as clean and well-functioning.
- Rep. Maxwell Frost said detainees lacked legal counsel and families lost contact; Rep. Wasserman Schultz called the conditions 'inhumane' and the state tour a 'sanitized' political stunt amid ICE involvement and environmental concerns.
- The visit underscored ongoing disputes over the facility's conditions, which meets official standards but faces criticism for environmental impact and detainee treatment, suggesting continued legal and political challenges ahead.
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