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| Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, left, Rep. Darren Soto, Rep. Jared Moskowitz, second from right, and Rep. Maxwell Frost, right, speak to the media before visiting "Alligator Alcatraz" |
BY C STONE | STONE NEWS NETWORK ||| FLORIDA
Deep within the Florida everglades lies a migrant detainee facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz", three U.S. Representatives visited the tent detention facility. Florida's Republican Governor Ron DeSantis calls it 'safe and secure', but others are saying it's inhumane.
The members of congress were given limited access to the detention facility to inspect conditions which consisted of bug infestations, sweltering heat, and crap food. (allegedly).
Detainees could be heard shouting 'freedom' or 'libertad'.
Tents everywhere.
via cnn:
“They are essentially packed into cages, wall-to-wall humans, 32 detainees per cage,” Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who represents Florida’s 25th Congressional District, said during a news conference following their tour.
The families of some of the detainees have also decried conditions in the facility, while Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials defend it as offering higher detention standards than many US prisons.
They were only showed cells that weren't being used, and did not contain any migrants. The food the detainees were given amounted to gray turkey and cheese sandwiches, followed up with an apple and chips.
via cnn:
“I don’t see how that could possibly sustain them nutritionally or not make them hungry,” Wasserman Schultz said. “And when you have hungry people, obviously their mood changes.”
Currently housing about 900 people, the facility has a maximum capacity of 3,000 - and room for more tents. Prisoners are suffering through mosquitos and extremely hot temperatures. Sometimes the power is cut, as they are using generators.
Touring the empty cells at Alligator Alcatraz
Workers setup the camp in as little as a week - on the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport. It used to be a runway, but now is a 'temporary' tent city.
We do not know how long this facility will be maintained, but as they have at least 900 detainees, it could be years.
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