A TikTok user identified as @skitheteamroski claimed that he was fired from working at Alligator Alcatraz after he posted video footage from the pop-up immigrant detention center on social media and alleged that detainees were being held in "deplorable conditions."
The first video showed the employee laying on a bunkbed and was captioned "LIVE FROM ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ...TUNE IN FOR THE ONLY AVAILABLE LIVE FOOTAGE FROM THE 'CONCENTRATION CAMP' THAT TRUMP BUILT."
Subsequent videos depicted the man and coworkers rescuing a turtle at the site, driving a golf cart through the facility, and looking at a food item ostensibly served to detainees.
"Doesn't look very appetizing, does it?" he asked his coworkers. The videos did not reveal what position the man held at the facility.
He also started a GoFundMe to raise money to hire a lawyer after he was fired.
"Many people want me to share my side of the story of what's actually going on inside, but I can't fully explain and show what I know without having a lawyer just in case this situation gets pushed to the next level," the man, idenitifed as a Jacksonville resident, wrote.
He said he would like to get the facility shut down.
There have been other reports of poor conditions--giant mosquitoes, a lack of running water, and being fed only one maggot-infested meal a day--from lawmakers and relatives of detainees.
Most of those reports are coming from people who want desperately to stop Trump's efforts to rein in and reform the country's broken immigration system, however.
FEMA officials have rebutted the claims and said that detainees are being treated humanely.
"Detainees have access to potable water from on-site tanks refilled by 6,000-gallon trucks. Each individual is issued a personal cup they can refill at any time, and bottled water is provided at meals. Tanks are regularly sanitized, flushed, and tested to ensure water quality. Full-size showers are available daily with no restriction on bathing water," the Division of Emergency Management told Daily Mail.
"Detainees receive three meals per day plus the option of a late evening meal upon request, and there is working air conditioning throughout the facility," the statement continued.
"Detainees have access to regular phone and video calls with their attorneys or families."
The statement was consistent with one by the Department of Homeland Security, which asserted, "All detainees are provided with proper meals, medical treatment, and have opportunities to communicate with lawyers and their family members."
