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Miami-Dade Mayor Requests Oversight Access To 'Alligator Alcatraz' Over Concerns Of Harsh Treatment Of Migrants

President Trump tours "Alligator Alcatraz" in Florida (Credit: Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava is requesting oversight access to "Alligator Alcatraz," the recently-inaugurated migrant detention center located in the Everglades, following allegations of mistreatment there.

Concretely, Levine Cava sent letters to Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem requesting remote video monitoring, weekly site condition reports and scheduled access to the facility, according to CBS News.

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