Calling it "exactly the kind of disaster that Congress took pains to avoid," attorneys for immigrants held at a detention center in the Everglades filed a lawsuit alleging Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration lacks the authority to run the facility.

The findings raise questions about the DeSantis administration’s vetting of the companies that received Alligator Alcatraz contracts.

Environmental groups that sued to halt the construction of Alligator Alcatraz say they are prepared to take their challenge all the way to the Supreme Court.