Five Democratic state lawmakers filed a lawsuit Thursday against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), claiming he overstepped his authority by denying them access to the Alligator Alcatraz migrant detention facility earlier this month.
The lawmakers argued that the move unlawfully obstructed their oversight responsibilities, The Hill reported.
“The DeSantis Administration’s refusal to let us in wasn’t some bureaucratic misstep,” the lawmakers said in a joint statement, per The Associated Press. “It was a deliberate obstruction meant to hide what’s really happening behind those gates.”
