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Democrats pose lots of questions to DHS about 'Alligator Alcatraz'
South Florida U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Oregon U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley have written a letter calling on the heads of the Department of Homeland Security, ICE, and FEMA to provide detailed information regarding the operation of the Everglades immigration detention facility known as "Alligator Alcatraz."
"Human rights experts have condemned the plan as 'cruel and inhumane' by design," reads the letter, co-signed by more than 60 other Democrats from the House and Senate.
"Construction progressed at 'turbo speed,' and it remains unclear whether the facility has plans to ensure medical care, rapid hurricane evacuation, access to counsel, and sufficient infrastructure for sewage, running water, and temperature controls, despite being located in one of the 'hottest parts of the state.'"
Gov. Ron DeSantis announced last week that state officials are now working on opening a second immigration detention facility that will be called "Deportation Depot" within the Baker Correctional Institution, a temporarily closed state prison in Northeast Florida. It will hold around 1,300 detainees and is expected to open sometime next month.