The first detainees began arriving at Aligator Alcatraz, the Florida Immigrant Detention Center in the Everglades. The installation They went up on an old runway in eight days and will have an initial capacity of 3,000 detainees. Atty of the Republican State of Florida. Gen. James Uthmeier, the driving force behind the project, Posted in x Recently, the center “will review hundreds of illegal criminal foreigners tonight. Then stop: back where they came.”
ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ – THE CAMP Official name – Increase logistic, legal and humanitarian concerns. It seems intentionally designed to inflict suffering to detainees and allow Florida politicians to exploit migrant pain to obtain political profits. Some of the first people held there have already reported inhuman conditions.
“Aligator Alcatraz” is an inappropriate name. Alcatraz was home to dangerous criminals, including Capone and George “Machine Gun” Kelly. These were violent criminals who had been tried and convicted and sent to the prohibition of the strength of the island.
In contrast, we do not know if the detainees sent to the Alcatraz crocodile will have had their day in court. We do not know if they will receive due process in the immigration courts or will be accused of a crime. We know that most people to whom the application of immigration and customs are stopping Without criminal record. Remember, just being in the United States without authorization is not a crime, it is a civil infraction. And the ranks of the undocumented He overcame his visas and People with temporary protected status and other forms of humanitarian relief that the current administration has terminated. Records Access Clearinghouse transactional, a research center, informs that 71% of immigrant detainees have no criminal record.
In Florida, ICE has arrested a Evangelical pastorto mother of a newborn and a American citizen. These are the types of people who could end up spending time in Aligator Alcatraz. In fact, State Documents of Florida Show that the detainees there could include women, children and the elderly.
The Alcatraz crocodile will place the detainees in conditions that threaten life. The site consists of heavy duty tents and mobile units, in A known location For intense humidity and suffocating heat. Tropical storms, hurricanes and floods pass The area regularly. On a day when the president visited, there was light rain and Parts of the installation flooded. This is not a safe place for support personnel who will work there, nor is it for the detainees.
Governor of Florida Ron Desantis He has praised “Natural” security in Aligator Alcatraz as “incredible.” When asked if the idea was for the detainees to eat them if they try to escape, President Trump replied: “I suppose that is the concept.” However, they escape immigration arrest They are rare. The June escape by four men from a New Jersey detention center Holders madeIn part because it was such an unusual occurrence (three of the escaped detainees are back in custody). Therefore, the construction of a detention center with a “pit” of prohibition of wildlife is simply a performative cruelty.
Consider the cheerful ways in which the Republicans of Florida have promoted the Alcatraz crocodile. The State Republican Party It is selling online brand goods, such as hats and t -shirts. On its website, the attorney general is Hawking yours Products, including the Alcatraz Aligator buttons and bumper stickers. But immigration arrest is a serious matter. It should not be treated as a cheap show, with memories available for purchase.
Immigrant defense groups are Legitimately alarmed For the Alcatraz crocodile. They are not the only ones: environmental groups have protested Its impact on surrounding ecosystemwhile indigenous tribes They are angry Because the camp is close to lands that are sacred to them. The author of A global story Of the concentration camps it has concluded that the Alcatraz crocodile meets the criterion for such a label.
The most worrying aspect of the Alcatraz crocodile is that it can be an omen of things to come. The budget legislation signed on July 4 allocates $ 45 billion for immigration arrest In the next four years. Other States can follow Florida's example and establish detention centers to punish places. This will probably happen with little supervision, as the administration has done closed The offices that monitored abuse and negligence in the detention centers.
Yes, the security of national security and ICE have the mandate to arrest the people who are in the country without authorization and stop them waiting for elimination. That is true, no matter who president. However, the Alcatraz crocodile is a state project, beyond the normal scope of the federal government responsibility. Thursday, state legislators Who tried to inspect the installation was denied input.
When hugging the Alcatraz crocodile, the administration is testing the limits of public support for the president's immigration agenda. According to a June Quinnipiac survey57% of voters disapprove of the management of the president's immigration. A more recent Yougov survey discovered that the Alcatraz crocodile is In the same way unpopular With a plurality of Americans.
The Alcatraz crocodile is not a joke. It is a dehumanizing political trick that puts the detainees of immigrants at genuine harm or death risk.
Raul A. Reyes is an immigration and taxpayer lawyer to the opinion of NBC Latino and CNN. @Raularryes; @raulareyes1
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Ideas expressed in the piece
- The author argues that the Alcatraz crocodile is a “concentration camp” and a “national misfortune”, citing its rapid construction in an environmentally hostile Everglades location, since it is intentionally designed to inflict the detainees to the detainees[1].
- He maintains that the installation dehumanizes the detainees, pointing out reports of inhuman conditions, including denied bath water and inappropriate foods, while emphasizing that most detainees lack criminal records and include vulnerable groups such as women and children.[2].
- The article criticizes the Republicans of Florida for treating installation as a “cheap show” selling brand goods, while environmental and indigenous groups protest their ecological impact and the desecration of sacred lands[3].
- Reyes states that the camp establishes a dangerous precedent enabled by a reduction in federal supervision, with $ 45 billion assigned for similar detention centers, and surveys that indicate the public disapproval of the president's immigration policies and the Alcatraz crocodile.[4].
Different views on the subject
- Florida officials, including Governor Ron Desantis and Attorney General James Uthmeier, defend the installation as an “effective way” to increase deportations, highlighting their rapid construction and safety features such as 200 cameras and 28,000 feet of spike wire[1][4].
- President Trump supported the site as a “professional and well -done” model for other states, which suggests that the wildlife of Everglades naturally dissuade the escape attempts with the comment: “We will teach them how to escape a crocodile”[1].
- The Department of Justice intervened to avoid construction delays, indicating federal support for the legality of the installation, while state authorities deny accusations of inhuman conditions detainees[2][4].
- Republican legislators frame the center as a necessary measure for the border application, with UTHMeier that indicates the “next stop” of detainees is deportation, although the Democrats demand their closure on sanitation and jurisdictional ambiguity[3].
