Florida lawmakers denied Alligator Alcatraz access sue DeSantis

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Source: The Hill

07/11/25 4:33 PM ET


Five state Democratic lawmakers, who were denied entry to Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz earlier this month, sued Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) Thursday, arguing he didn’t have the authority to block their effort to conduct oversight of the migrant detention facility.

“The DeSantis Administration’s refusal to let us in wasn’t some bureaucratic misstep,” the lawmakers said in a joint statement, as reported by The Associated Press. “It was a deliberate obstruction meant to hide what’s really happening behind those gates.”

The lawmakers on Saturday were turned away from the detention facility, which is in the Florida Everglades and is overseen by the state. In the state Supreme Court lawsuit, the plaintiffs argue state law does not inhibit their efforts to conduct legislative oversight of the facility.

“There is no statute that permits the Governor to overrule the Legislature’s oversight authority. This lawsuit is about defending the rule of law, protecting vulnerable people inside that facility, and stopping the normalization of executive overreach,” the statement from the lawmakers reads. The group is suing DeSantis as well as the head of Florida’s emergency management agency, Kevin Guthrie.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5397365-florida-democrats-desantis-alligator-alcatraz-lawsuit/

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Link to SUIT (PDF) - https://acis-api.flcourts.gov/courts/68f021c4-6a44-4735-9a76-5360b2e8af13/cms/case/44ca2c18-0519-443d-b3e4-76417c181607/docketentrydocuments/d5594106-434d-421e-98a0-6d19cb659e8c

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1. Here are the names of the patriotic FL Democratic lawmakers who stood up to DeSatan and Alligator Auchwitz.

Almost all news reports failed to list the names of the Democratic heroes willing to face the wrath of the fascist dickwads.

State Sen. Shevrin Jones, D-Miami Gardens, state Sen. Carlos Guillermo Smith, D-Orlando, along with state Reps. Dr. Anna V. Eskamani, D-Orlando, Angie Nixon, D-Jacksonville, and Michele Rayner, D-St. Petersburg, said they were not allowed to tour the facility off Tamiami Trail in the Everglades when they made a July 3 surprise visit.

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2. Thank you for adding them!

Unless you dgd through the local media, it's hard to get that level of detail in a "national" article, and in many cases, there are only certain states the national media even feel are worthy enough for their attention when lawsuits like this happen (in this case, aside from this atrocity being located there, it's probably due to this being about FL and DeSatan and a state that is currently the "official" residence of 45).