The federal Homeland Security Department, which oversees immigration detention, has called characterizations of inadequate conditions at the state-run Alligator Alcatraz “false.”

Earlier this month, a detention facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” which can house up to three thousand migrants, opened in the Florida Everglades.

Citing complaints about sanitation, Wasserman Schultz raised concerns about the toilets with attached sinks on the tanks, which were used for both drinking water and brushing teeth, according to CNN....