Florida Dems Sue For Access To Concentration Camp

Florida Politics reports:

Five Democratic lawmakers are suing and asking the Florida Supreme Court for access into the “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration detention facility after they said they were blocked from entering to inspect the conditions.

“The denial of unannounced access to the ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ was blatantly unconstitutional,” reads a lawsuit filed by Sens. Shevrin Jones and Carlos Guillermo Smith and Reps. Anna Eskamani, Angie Nixon and Michele Rayner. Their lawyer is Rep. Ashley Gantt, another Democrat.

They accuse Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state of overstepping and restricting the Legislature’s independent oversight authority. DeSantis’ spokeswoman called the lawsuit “frivolous” and “dumb” when reached for comment Thursday.

Read the full article.

NEW: We’re filing a lawsuit with fellow Dem lawmakers against the state over their deliberate obstruction meant to hide what is happening at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’.

Their illegal refusal to allow unannounced access for us to exercise our oversight authority must be challenged! pic.twitter.com/9TLqZcMrfJ

— Senator Carlos Guillermo Smith (@CarlosGSmith) July 10, 2025

The Governor says our lawsuit to inspect “Alligator Alcatraz” is dumb.

What’s actually dumb?

Blocking lawmakers from doing our jobs.

Turning a swamp into a secret prison.

Thinking we’d stay silent while human beings suffer. https://t.co/xuIgEH9hVZ

— Shevrin “Shev” Jones (@ShevrinJones) July 10, 2025