Cooped up like “chickens in cages”, eaten alive by bloodthirsty mosquitoes and living in cells said to be awash with human waste and filth.

What they’re trying to do, at the end of the day, is pretend like this facility is not governed by federal law,”  said one attorney.

On July 16, days after the first media investigations about sparse criminal backgrounds among the population were published, Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., characterized the migrants at Alligator Alcatraz as "military-age males, and a lot of them have criminal records."

Florida Emergency Management Director Kevin Guthrie said the state has looked at a number of facilities that could be used if the Everglades detention center has to be evacuated because of a

Sabines’ concerns were based on a case he has been involved in where two brothers were brought to the detention camp. Mexican officials have said both brothers had valid documentation.  “They will detain you here for anything,

The creation of President Donald Trump's new migrant detention facility in Florida -- dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" -- has prompted social media users across the world to share an image of a site surrounded by a moat with creatures swimming in it.