It is unbecoming of public officials and corrosive of the common good to speak of the deterrence value of ‘alligators and pythons’ at the Collier-Dade facility.’

Five Democratic Florida lawmakers filed a lawsuit Thursday against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM), alleging they were unlawfully blocked from conducting an unannounced inspection of the Alligator Alcatraz immigrant detention facility in the Everglades.

Five Florida state lawmakers who were denied access to a new immigration detention center in the Everglades are suing Gov. Ron DeSantis.

The state is inviting lawmakers to visit the migrant detention center, but turned away lawmakers who showed up unannounced.

The state legislators say they were not allowed to tour the migrant detention facility in the Everglades when they made a surprise visit on July 3rd.

The Florida Attorney General's office revealed serious criminal backgrounds of detainees at Alligator Alcatraz facility, including MS-13 gang activity.

Amid the controversy, emergency management officials on Wednesday invited state legislators and members of Congress to visit the facility on Saturday, setting up a 90-minute tour restricted to lawmakers.

"Alligator Alcatraz" is the name posted in front of the hastily converted immigrant detention facility in the Florida Everglades.

A man claiming to be an Alligator Alcatraz worker says he was fired after he started posting videos from the site on social media.

Immigrants at Florida’s Everglades detention center speak out about ‘abusive’ treatment, one week after its opening