The mayor's request comes as state and federal lawmakers prepare to tour the remote facility this weekend, amid growing scrutiny over its conditions.

Residents near Trump's controversial new detention center have been battling it out over the opening of the facility with some showing support and others very much against it

Worms in the food. Toilets that don’t flush. Floors flooded with fecal waste. Lack of access to attorneys and medical care. These are the conditions described by some of the people held at a

Amid allegations of deplorable conditions in Alligator Alcatraz, mayor of Miami-Dade County asks the feds and state government for access to the site.

The unbelievable cruelty of the DeSantis and Trump Administrations towards hard working, honest, and law abiding Hispanic, Haitian, and other foreign born residents of this state needs to stop,” Justin Mendoza-Routt,

Local 10 News heard from Florida lawmakers Friday who are suing the state for access to the “Alligator Alcatraz” migrant detention facility, just hours before they join fellow Democrats and Republicans on a tour of the controversial center.

The state is inviting lawmakers to visit the migrant detention center, but turned away lawmakers who showed up unannounced.

Collier could have been home to the Everglades Jetport, the world's largest airport of the future, until environmentalists got involved.