While President Donald Trump vowed that the detention center will hold “some of the most vicious people on the planet,” a roster of detainees obtained last week by the Times/Herald revealed that of 700 names listed, more than a third had only immigration violations but no criminal record in the United States.

Without permanent structures, electricity or running water, logistical headaches have emerged at “Alligator Alcatraz.”

Dubbed the "No Cages in the Everglades Act," the six-page bill was sponsored by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston

A group of Florida Democrats in Congress introduced a bill to cut off funding for Alligator Alcatraz and any immigration detention facility located in or near the Everglades. The bill aims to ensure access, public disclosure on how it operates, and Congressional oversight.

Migrant detainees being held in Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” have claimed conditions at the detention center are “grim,” citing how they’ve