Seven Florida Democratic members of Congress said they were deceived and are demanding answers from Gov. Ron DeSantis about the use of small metal cages at the now-closed immigration detention center dubbed Alligator Alcatraz.

In a letter Tuesday addressed to DeSantis, the lawmakers requested that the state provide a list of all records and evidence related to the controversial detention center and asked whether Attorney General James Uthmeier — who came up with the idea to erect the facility in the middle of the Everglades — had assessed the state’s potential civil liability over its treatment of detainees.

  • pelespirit@sh.itjust.worksOPMEnglish
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    30 days ago

    I’ve been following this, they haven’t been let in for the most part. When they were let in, it sounds like it was staged.

    The members of Congress said they were denied access to view the cages during their oversight visits and were told by DHS and state employees that “detainee reports of their existence and use for punitive or coercive purposes were categorically false.” “We were deceived. It is now clear that this was intended to mislead public officials at public expense,” the legislators wrote.

    Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article317259583.html#storylink=cpy