A group of Florida Democratic lawmakers said Thursday that they were denied access to the new “Alligator Alcatraz” immigrant detention facility due to “safety concerns.” The denied legislative oversight visit came less than one day after the first batch of illegal immigrants arrived at the Everglades facility.

CBS News Miami's Joan Murray has the latest on the controversy surrounding the newly opened immigration detention center.

State law says members of the Legislature are allowed to “visit at their pleasure all state correctional institutions.”