Several Congressional Democrats from Florida took a tour of an immigration detention facility known as Crocodile Alcatraz.
The facility is a temporary location for illegal actors before they were deported, but Democrats have denounced President Trump and the governor of Florida for detainees in “inhumane circumstances.”
“They use cages. These detainees live in cages. The pictures you see aren’t just about it. They’re essentially stuffed into cages,” said South Florida Congressman Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
Wasserman Schultz said her tour “Alligator Alcatraz” heartfelt, showing a disgusting lifestyle arrangement, ranging from no shower privacy to bad food.
Wasserman Schultz called the facility a “concentration camp.”
“I brought a thermostat and it was 85 degrees in the medical area.” Wasserman Schultz complained that the shower did not provide privacy due to the layout of the shower unit.
Democrats said inmates at the facility were not properly fed, and argued that some of the meals were not fair between employees and detainees.
“Parts available to employees: roast chicken, big sausages, detainee lunch? A small grey turkey and cheese sandwich, apples, chips, etc. That’s all,” the House of Representatives said.
But Republican lawmakers also took the tour, saying the Democrats’ description of the paintings were not accurate.
“The rhetoric that comes out of Democrats is not consistent with reality,” said GOP Florida Sen. Ingoglia, who toured the facility.
Another GOP state senator, Jay Collins, agreed to Ingoglia and explained that the detention center was clean and functional.
“The backup generator saw a bunch of military styles with tracking systems for dietary restrictions and excellent mattresses,” Senator Collins said.
Florida’s emergency management department said the Democrat’s explanation for the facility was false, with detainees receiving three meals a day, unlimited drinking water, showers and other essentials available to medical, consistent air conditioning, recreation yards, lawyers and clergy members.
“Reporting on the conditions within the facility is completely false. The facility meets all required standards and is functioning properly,” said Stephanie Hartman, spokesman for Emergency Management in Florida.
