A Democratic congresswoman has given a scathing review of the Trump administration’s so-called ā€œAlligator Alcatrazā€ in Florida, describing it as an ā€œinternment campā€ that needs to be ā€œshut the hell down.ā€

Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who represents Florida’s 25th congressional district, said that pictures of the facility ā€œdon’t do it justiceā€ and that detainees were being ā€œpacked into cages.ā€

On Saturday Florida lawmakers from both parties took a state-arranged tour of the new 3,000-bed detention center that the state rapidly built on an isolated airstrip surrounded by swampland in the Everglades.

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    On one hand, yes. On the other hand, every time I hear potential terrible plans on social media, it seems like they take it as a guide.

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      ā€œNow that we’re here, what should we do?ā€ ā€œGee, I don’t know Tom. Let’s see what the liberals on Reddit are crying about and do that.ā€