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

Five Democratic Florida lawmakers filed a lawsuit Thursday against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM), alleging they were unlawfully blocked from conducting an unannounced inspection of the Alligator Alcatraz immigrant detention facility in the Everglades.

Five Democratic lawmakers turned away from Alligator Alcatraz last week are asking the Florida Supreme Court to force the DeSantis administration to allow unannounced visits to the migrant detention center in the Everglades.

A Cuban musician who says he's a lawful permanent resident detailed inhumane and unsanitary conditions at "Alligator Alcatraz."

Orange County jail staff could be required to transport ICE detainees, if modified agreement is approved by commissioners

A man claiming to be an Alligator Alcatraz worker says he was fired after he started posting videos from the site on social media.

The joke's on anyone who is disturbed enough to want a tour of Florida's new horror show. The Trump administration recently launched “ Alligator Alcatraz, ” a migrant detention center based in Florida whose name references the region’s native population of scaly reptilians.

The mocking of immigrant detainees harks back to “the worst parts of our history” when similar jokes and tropes, such as “gator bait,” were used to dehumanize Black people and desensitize people to the harm and violence inflicted upon them, says ACLU Florida Executive Director Bacardi Jackson.