PolitiFact | Gov. Ron DeSantis did not provide evidence showing how state agencies or officials determined the facility has zero environmental impact.

Democratic and Republican lawmakers offer conflicting views after touring the controversial 'Alligator Alcatraz', a makeshift Florida detention center for immigrants. Democrats describe appalling conditions,

The conservation photographer was more than 15 miles from the state’s newly built immigrant detention center, dubbed Alligator Alcatraz. But just before 10 p.m. on July 1, he could see the site’s glow with his naked eye.

On Wednesday night, workers replaced the signs in front of the training facility with ones that read "Alligator Alcatraz."

President Donald Trump to head to Florida for opening of "Alligator Alcatraz" detention facility in the Everglades, supported by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis but opposed by environmentalists and critics.

Earlier on Saturday, Democratic and Republican lawmakers toured Alligator Alcatraz. U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz said the state is abusing human beings at the facility, according to the Associated Press.

At the brand new Everglades immigration detention center that officials have dubbed “ Alligator Alcatraz,” people held there say