People held at the brand new Florida immigration detention center that officials have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” say worms turn up in the food, toilets don’t flush and floors flood with fecal waste.

Dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” the massive tent detention complex built deep in the Florida Everglades can hold 3,000 and could be the template for other facilities in other states.

A newly obtained list of more than 700 detainees sheds light on who is being held at Florida’s controversial new immigration detention facility in the Everglades. The Miami Herald reports that many have no criminal records,

Democratic lawmakers are condemning Florida’s new Everglades immigration detention center after making a state-arranged visit.

This isn’t the first time the Trump administration and immigration officials have tried to restrict access to immigration facilities.

More than a week after state legislators were denied access to Alligator Alcatraz, federal and state lawmakers were finally given a supervised tour of the controversial facility used to house suspected undocumented immigrants.

The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida is seeking to join a federal lawsuit aimed at halting the construction and operation of a new immigration detention facility in the Everglades, which tribal members consider their sacred ancestral homelands.

Potentially torturous conditions for undocumented immigrants are being celebrated — and even monetized — by the Republican Party.

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