MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A group of lawmakers participated in a guided tour of Alligator Alcatraz, a detention center for undocumented migrants, on Saturday in the Florida Everglades.
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U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and the other lawmakers arrived at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport and entered a white tent.
Florida Rep. Ashley Gantt had filed a lawsuit against DeSantis after five Democratic state lawmakers were denied access on July 3.
Relatives of detainees have reported their loved ones are trapped in unsanitary conditions. Officials contest that the 3,000-bed facility is functional.
DeSantis paved the way for the facility when he declared a state of emergency in Florida related to illegal migration in 2023.
Texas-based IRG Global Emergency Management is the contractor working with Kevin Guthrie, the director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management, at the detention center.
An aerial view showed a white trailer with an FDEM sign. There was a Cheney Bros, Inc., trailer and a yellow Penske cargo van parked near the rows of tents.
This is a developing story.