Florida lawmakers visit ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ after being denied entry, say detainees confined in cages under ‘disturbing’ conditions
The deputies condemned the facility and described it as crowded, unhealthy and invaded insects. On the other hand, Republicans in the same round said that the authorities did not see anything called “Crocodile Alcatraz ..
The tour organized by the state came after some democrats watching the 3,000 -bed detention center built on a rapidly isolated air track surrounded by Swampland. Several state lawmakers and congress members appeared on Saturday, which were divided into multiple groups.
Following the examination visit, the US representative Debbie Wassman Schultz, a democrat, told reporters, “There are really disturbing, inferior conditions and this place needs to be closed to hell”, the AP News Agency. Schultz made these statements after visiting the collection of tents, trailers and temporary buildings. “This is a stunt and they abuse people here.”
CNN, members of the congress and state representatives, the lack of access to the lack of “a deliberate obstacle to hide what is happening behind these gates,” after a limited round to examine the conditions, he said.
They also claimed that the prisoners shouted for help and that they cried between scorching heat, insect invasions and insufficient meals. Schultz, representing Florida’s 25th congress zone after the visit after the visit, said, “Essentially Caess, 32, Caess, consisting of families, is essentially packaged for condemnation. In the detention facility. Florida’s governor of the Republic calls it “safe and safe”. Migration and Customs Protection officials defended the facility, claiming that it offers higher detention standards than many American prisons.
MPs claim that empty cells are shown
According to CNN, deputies who visited the detention facility to get the stock of the situation, said immigrants are not allowed to see the areas where they are currently detained, and that they have not yet been used.
Speaking about the status of the cage-style detention facility, Schultz and other Florida Democrats said that 32-person units shared three combination toilet-toilet-shadow devices; Visitors measured the temperature of 83 degrees (28 degrees Celsius) and 85 (29 degrees Celsius Celsius) on the way to the entrance of a residential area; AP, grasshoppers and other insects are abundant.
Visitors also claimed that they could not talk to the detainees. Representative Maxwell Alejandro Frost, a democrat, “I am an American citizen!” He said. And others “Libertad!” They shouted. Spanish “Freedom” word.
According to CNN, when they see the kitchen area, Schultz said that a large piece of frying chicken and sausage was presented to government employees, and the prisoners consisted of lunch “gray turkey and cheese sandwich, apple and chips ..
