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ALT Today, Donald Trump made his visit to Alligator Alcatraz. Thousands have protested, including members of the Miccosukee and Seminole Tribes, for whom the land which the camp occupies is considered sacred. The irony is not lost on us that the administration is building a mass deportation center on sacred Native American land. There are hundreds of trucks moving in and out of the detention camp. The money to build this was allocated from FEMA funds, jeopardizing Florida’s future as hurricane season encroaches. It’s comical as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” is being debated, which will end healthcare and food assistance for millions of americans. The money is instead being spent on mass deportation campaigns. The camp is being built to provide thousands of beds to expand ICE’s capacity to deport many thousands of members of our community with the claim that “immigration is an emergency”. Immigrants are not a natural disaster or an emergency. They are a valuable, beneficial part of ou

ALT Currently, local jails, including the Orange County jail, are being used to facilitate the deportation of immigrants via 287(g) agreements. However, there has been mass public resistance by the people, pushing back on the use of our resources on these deportation campaigns. We call on Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings and the Orange County Board of Commissioners to halt the 287(g) agreement facilitating ICE deportations.this public resistance to local cooperation is one of the reasons that has pushed Trump, DeSantis and Noem to build Alligator Alcatraz. The rural, isolated location of this camp will allow them to further mistreat the detainees. One comparison is Krome Detention Center in Miami-Dade County, which has a long history of medical neglect, overcrowding and inhumane treatment that has resulted in the deaths of individuals such as Isidro Perez. Picture of the abhorent conditions inside of alligator alcatraz via @JasonDelgadoX

ALT ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ IS PLANNED TO HAVE MANY MORE BEDS THAN KROME, IN A MORE RURAL LOCATION WHICH IS EXPECTED TO HAVE LESS OVERSIGHT. THIS IS EXTREMELY CONCERNING AS WE ENTER HURRICANE SEASON GIVEN THE FACT THAT OUR GOVERNMENT HAS A CONSISTENT HISTORY OF ABANDONING INDIVDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN DETAINED. WE SAW THIS IN MANY TIMES IN THE PAST INCLUDING IN 2024 DURING HURRINCANE MILTON WHEN 1200 IMPRISONED INDIVIDUALS WERE LEFT IN A MANATEE COUNTY JAIL AMID AN EVACUATION ORDER PLACING THEM IN A ZONE A. BEING THAT ALIGATOR ALCATRAZ IS BUILT FROM A “TEMPORARY TENT” STRUCTURE AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PREVIOUS PICTURE, NOT ONLY WILL MIGRANTS HAVE TO FACE INHUMANE WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT HAVE TAKEN OTHERS LIVES IN DETENTION CENTERS SUCH AS KROME, BUT ALSO HAVE THEIR FATE LEFT TO THE WILL OF OFFICIALS THAT HAVE PROVEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN THEY DO NOT CARE! JOIN YOUR LOCAL MOVEMENTS! SPEAK OUT AGAINST YOUR LOCAL OFFICALS ENDORSING THIS! STOP ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ!