Lawmakers Clash Over ‘Vile’ vs. ‘Well-Run’ Conditions at Florida’s Controversial Everglades Detention Center
Lawmakers Clash Over ‘Vile’ vs. ‘Well-Run’ Conditions at Florida’s Controversial Everglades Detention Center Democratic lawmakers on Saturday condemned Florida’s new Everglades immigration detention center, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” describing the facility as crowded, unsanitary, and bug-infested following a state-arranged tour. Their Republican counterparts, however, offered starkly different accounts, asserting they found a clean and well-managed site. The bipartisan tour came after some Democrats were previously denied access to the remote 3,000-bed facility, which was rapidly constructed on an isolated airstrip. U.S….