Kristi Noem clashes with NBC's Kristen Welker over alleged inhumane conditions at Florida's Alligator Alcatraz while criticizing Democrats for ignoring similar issues.

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem claimed cameras brought into the Everglades Detention Center, nicknamed "Alligator Alcatraz" by the Trump administration, will show that conditions at the facility are better than what migrants faced under former President Biden.

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem tells Meet the Press that she will show evidence of what she describes as high-level conditions within the new immigration detention facility dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” after Florida Democrats toured the facilities and called the conditions “vile.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended the conditions at the “Alligator Alcatraz” facility in Florida after Democrats made claims of “inhumane” treatment of the detained migrants. In an

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem defended the conditions at the Florida migrant detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz," saying the standards are "extremely high."

Kristi Noem and NBC’s Kristen Welker didn’t exactly have a friendly Sunday chat. Instead, their exchange on Meet the Press got heated fast over Florida’s controversial new migrant detention center, grimly nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz.

Earlier on Saturday, Democratic and Republican lawmakers toured Alligator Alcatraz. U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz said the state is abusing human beings at the facility, according to the Associated Press.

The big picture: There have been reports of negligence, inhumane treatment and limited access to legal counsel in the U.S. immigration detention system for years, but the Trump administration has embraced once-fringe tactics, setting off alarms for immigration rights advocates.