Amid the controversy, emergency management officials on Wednesday invited state legislators and members of Congress to visit the facility on Saturday, setting up a 90-minute tour restricted to lawmakers.

Detainees claim they are enduring inhumane conditions, including lack of access to water, inadequate food and denial of religious rights.

Archbishop Wenski criticizes the "Alligator Alcatraz" detention center and decries the Trump administration's deportation policy.

In the Everglades, crocodiles are more dangerous than alligators. And calling a place there Alligator Alcatraz is a crock.

Conditions at the new immigration detention center in Florida, dubbed 'Alligator Alcatraz,' have raised serious concerns. Reports from detainees describe unsanitary conditions, lack of medical care, and restricted access to attorneys.

Donald Trump attended the grand opening of the new, highly controversial "Alligator Alcatraz" immigration detention facility on Tuesday. Here's everything you need to know about it

President Trump toured a new immigration detention center in South Florida that state officials are calling "Alligator Alcatraz."

President Donald Trump toured "Alligator Alcatraz," the newest illegal immigration detention center in Florida.

Trump celebrates Alligator Alcatraz grand opening, as immigration officials continue the search for escaped detainees from New Jersey. What to know