Five state Democratic lawmakers, who were denied entry to Florida's Alligator Alcatraz earlier this month, sued Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) Thursday, arguing he didn't have the authority to block their effort to conduct oversight of the migrant detention facility.

“The DeSantis Administration’s refusal to let us in wasn’t some bureaucratic misstep," the lawmakers said in a joint statement, as reported by The Associated Press. "It was a deliberate obstruction meant to hide what’s really happening behind those gates."

The lawmakers on Saturday........

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