After being denied entry to Alligator Alcatraz last week, Florida’s state and federal lawmakers have now been invited to tour the ICE detention center in the Everglades on Saturday.

It’s not a detention facility that is going to be up to par with the requirements necessarily, so yeah, it’s horrible,” his attorney said. “Never in a million years did I think our client would

Amid allegations of deplorable conditions in Alligator Alcatraz, mayor of Miami-Dade County asks the feds and state government for access to the site.

Detainees are telling their families about what it’s like to live in cells inside heavy-duty tents erected on an airstrip in Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida.

GardaWorld, an international security company whose U.S. headquarters are in Boca Raton, is one of several contractors hired to do work for Alligator Alcatraz. Anyone can view a sampling of recent comments, but you must be a Times subscriber to contribute. Log in above or subscribe here.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has previously said there would be no impacts to vegetation and there would be no paving or permanent construction at the Everglades site.

"South Carolina's gators are ready. And they're not big on paperwork. If I was Governor, we'd be bringing Alligator Alcatraz" to S.C., Mace said.