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Seven Florida Democratic members of Congress said they were deceived and are demanding answers from Gov. Ron DeSantis about the use of small metal cages at the now-closed immigration detention center dubbed Alligator Alcatraz.

In a letter Tuesday addressed to DeSantis, the lawmakers requested that the state provide a list of all records and evidence related to the controversial detention center and asked whether Attorney General James Uthmeier — who came up with the idea to erect the facility in the middle of the Everglades — had assessed the state’s potential civil liability over its treatment of detainees.

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[-] FlashMobOfOne@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Agreed.

The denials are so pathetic. We know they're fascists, and we know they gleefully embrace the idea of accountability-free torture policies on perceived undesirables. (Unfortunately, though, we saw during the WoT that torture has bipartisan support.)

Also, I want to see an audit of Alligator Alcatrez. $400,000,000 to build a tent city doesn't make any sense whatsoever beyond government patronage and fraud.

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