A group of Florida Democratic lawmakers said Thursday that they were denied access to the new “Alligator Alcatraz” immigrant detention facility due to “safety concerns.”
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The Democratic lawmakers at the facility were Florida state Sens. Shevrin Jones and Carlos Guillermo Smith, as well as Florida state Reps. Anna Eskamani, Angie Nixon, and Michele Rayner.
Some of the lawmakers provided statements decrying their denied entry.
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The Democratic state leaders cited safety concerns as their primary reason for visiting the detention facility, which is still being constructed as hundreds of illegal immigrants arrive.
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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3462730/florida-democrats-denied-entry-alligator-alcatraz-visit-detainees-arrive/
