Obliterating “Alligator Alcatraz” is essential to preserving human rights in the United States of America. If you are unfamiliar, this slap-dash project is being rushed out at “turbo speed” (to use the words of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem) in collaboration with Florida governor Ron DeSantis. Governor DeSantis has invoked a 2023 emergency declaration in order to seize property in the Everglades on an air strip to transform it into a hub for Donald Trump’s lawless person removal program. What started as Donald Trump joking (maybe) a month or so ago about reopening the Alcatraz prison aka “The Rock,” has become a wildly unpopular proposed detention center in Florida.
Right now, the main public opposition to the project has been coming from environmentalists who are fixated on the ecological impact this may have. Many of these people are unwittingly providing cover for the most sinister governmental program in modern history. They need to stand down, and take up the mantle I am brandishing, which is to stand up powerfully against Donald Trump wielding the power of the White House for his personal financial gain.
Obliterating Alligator Alcatraz Is A Win For Human Rights
There are a few civil rights organizations that are protesting this installation because of the inhumane conditions that will befall the people taken there. For the most part these protestors are focused on immigrants’ rights. This is also casting a shadow over the deeper and more fundamental constitutional violations related to due process being stripped of everybody involved. These people (those protesting on human rights grounds) are on the right track. Environmentalists should join them, and craft their narrative around the contents of this piece. That will be ultimately very effective.
Free Kristi Noem’s Human Live Stock
It should shock and disturb all Americans, and people internationally, to recognize what is happening here. In writing about Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, I exposed the rhetorical sleight of hand that Donald Trump is using to usher in a slave trade the likes of which the world has never seen before. You can read that here, “The Emancipation of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia.” This case should be held up as a standard to demonstrate just how bad things have become.
This is not just happening in Florida.
It is happening everywhere in America. Moreover, this tent city code-named Alligator Alcatraz, is an even more shocking political moment.
Understanding Enforced Disappearance, and Why It Has To Be Stopped
According to the United Nations, “enforced disappearance” is defined as, “the arrest, detention or abduction of persons by, or with the authorization, support or acquiescence of, a State or a political organization, followed by a refusal to acknowledge that deprivation of freedom or to give information on the fate or whereabouts of those persons, with the intention of removing them from the protection of the law for a prolonged period of time.”
This is something that is more easily recognized in foreign countries.
Countries where the government rounds people up, without warrants or due process, and imprisons them and/or removes them from the country without alerting the person’s family or lawyer.
Though many stories like this have been shared regarding overreach from ICE agents or their contractors, the term “enforced disappearance” has international legal consequences and it is a globally recognized distinction.
By identifying these sites and this administration’s policy as the issuance of enforced disappearances, the country can begin undoing this by showing it in its totality.
Though some of the stories of ICE victims have been described as “kidnappings” or “disappearances,” the full definition of “enforced disappearance” is key to identifying exactly what’s happening.
It breaks down localized political disagreements about the legality of deportations, for example. This is not about the legality of deportation. It is about the official oppression, and abuse of process that allows the government to use the levers of deportation to execute internationally regarded criminal state conduct called “enforced disappearance.”
Issue this phrase into the news, and attach is to the right actions.
Sanctuary Cities, Republican Style
Make no mistake about it, Alligato Alcatraz is a tent city.
Though originally proposed to cost $450,000,000 per year – with no definite timeline – the state government now claims this will be a temporary installation.
The government in Florida is saying that this will house 500 – 1,000 people, and could hold up to 5,000 people at most.
This would be a gigantic tent city, in an open field, heading into hurricane season. It is not only inhumane, it’s dangerous even for the people who will be guarding this facility. Jokes about the site being guarded by live alligators also should do more than just raise eyebrows. It is entirely open for abuse. Imagine these guards feeding an inmate/detainee to an alligator and then later claiming they were trying to escape.
What a bizarre change of disposition from governor DeSantis who would have previously railed against sanctuary cities.
Maybe it’s a sanctuary town.
Or sanctuary prison?
Kristi Noem Is To Blame
The lawsuit which instigated Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia being illegally removed from the United States due to a self-admitted (by the Attorney General’s office) “administrative error,” has as its plaintiff, Secretary Kristi Noem.
She is personally liable, responsible, for everything happening at DHS.
Do not be confused or distracted by the liability shields Donald Trump has set up to confuse people: Tom Homan and Stephen Miller.
Tom Homan, originally an Obama official, holds no official title. “Border czar” does not have any authority or enforceability.
Stephen Miller is a policy advisor and deputy chief of staff.
He is not a mastermind. He is not an authorized signer of any official actions at all.
Otherwise their names would have been on the paperwork.
For any victim, family of a victim, or city and state officials who have been victimized by this federal government, need to know who to hold accountable. Otherwise, we will see people attempt to get justice, only to find out later, they were suing somebody with no actual authority. Nothing but press stories validate the theory that Tom Homan or Stephen Miller have any real ability to control forces. Do not believe them.
“Under President Trump’s leadership, we are working at turbo speed on cost-effective and innovative ways to deliver on the American people’s mandate for mass deportations of criminal illegal aliens,” – Kristi Noem.
Most of this quote is false, and so false that it defies the imagination.
“turbo speed”
Despite speaking as if they are moving quickly, this administration is on pace to deport far fewer people than their predecessors. Maybe they should slow down, but since they won’t, they need to be slowed down by litigation and open pressure campaigns.
“cost-effective”
The average cost per year per detainee, across state and federal prison systems, is about $44,000 – $75,000.
For whatever reason, ICE detention can cost up to $95,000 per person per year.
With an initial budget of $450,000,000 (per year) and an initial occupancy of (500) people, that means the budget for this facility starts at about $900,000/per person. I think you may believe that was bad math. Whip out your calculator and do it yourself.
That’s what it is.
This means that if they ever got to 5,000 people in this facility, they would still be at $90,000/per person per year.
That is not cost-effective.
In fact, if this is also supposed to be a temporary installation like the state government has been saying, that means they are going to blow $450M on potentially fewer than (500) people.
Just because Donald Trump agreed to refund the state of Florida does not mean it isn’t costing the state – or other taxpayers – anything.
It means that DeSantis has agreed to let Donald Trump wash his money here.
That is even more disturbing as the fact that Scott Bessent in the Treasury Department and Elon Musk from “DOGE” didn’t ever bother to attempt to reduce the costs of these ICE detentions.
The truth is, that Florida’s prison population is nearly at capacity, but there are plenty of other facilities people who are in the process of being deported could be temporarily kept. Also, if Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia is a precedent, he is a man who has been accused of being one of the worst offenders; and his release prior to trial is currently being negotiated.
That means the federal government has considered allowing an alleged (by themselves) human trafficker to go free, after claiming he would never be allowed to come back to America.
What Will Happen To All That Money?
Ron DeSantis has been the subject of multiple scandals in the past. From the looks of things, this Alligator Alcatraz concession to Trump is a longer term political agreement between these former Presidential primary contestants.
DeSantis has been investigated for campaign finance and rigging, unlawful detention and shipping of migrants to other places, and faking competition in politics. Similar to Gavin Newsom, a fake opponent of Donald Trump, it appears DeSantis is setting himself up to be able to distribute hundreds of millions of dollars in political contributions over the next few years.
All built on the back of a fraudulently budgeted makeshift prison for people who in many instances are perfectly innocent people.
Even those criminals who deserve deportation, deserve due process. Not this.
Law Enforcement Must Intervene To Prevent Obstruction of Justice
Imagine if you will, a worst case scenario.
A lawless MS-13 gang member illegally crosses the border from Mexico into Texas for the sole purpose of raping and murdering innocent people. They go on a multi-state killing spree, getting away with it, while racking up police reports about their horrific crimes. Law enforcement all over the place is looking for them, but can’t find them.
They flee, crossing the country East, and end up in Florida, where they are rounded up in a group of ~1,000 people. The largest ICE sweep in state history. That vicious criminal is going to be detained prior to deportation, possibly losing their due process rights. You might think that’s fine, because you might think that type of person does not deserve due process. If you felt that way, there are other people who would disagree with you, and those people would be the families of victims of that criminal who want justice. The detectives, sheriffs, and victims advocates groups who are looking for the same violent offenders, will be left with nothing but cold cases if this goes through.
Oversight, For God’s Sake
If the people sent to or kept at Alligator Alcatraz are not processed and their information shared with local, state, and federal law enforcement, they could be obstructing justice both directly and accidentally.
Also, worst case scenario, a person who is a legal resident with no criminal background and a family that’s been here for 8 generations, could accidentally get swept up and shipped out to a foreign 3rd nation where they are sold into slavery. Or worse, people within DHS like Kristi Noem, could be selling people into slavery for the administration.
That is what was basically exposed directly from Donald Trump and El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, as they claimed they could not return Mr. Garcia.
Having outside law enforcement fingerprint, photograph, and get identification from however many people are at this site, will make sure that justice is served everywhere.
You would not want your family members’ cold case to go unsolved because of “administrative error” or evil programs like chattel slavery under the auspices of immigration and deportation.
Florida State Legislature Should Launch An Investigation Into DeSantis/Trump Fix
Ron DeSantis should be ashamed of himself. He is a person who has led the state of Florida through several natural disasters. Real emergencies like hurricanes, which require extraordinary measures. Last year, though, I needed to nudge Ron DeSantis to protect Pinellas County residents from debris which was being kept out of dump sites by FEMA and the Biden administration. I alerted many people about the crisis and found lawyers who were ready to threaten legal action if it were allowed.
DeSantis popped the lock(s) off dump sites, and made sure it could be opened immediately.
It required the temporary seizure of county resources.
If they didn’t do that – for the moment – people could have died.
Property would have been damaged.
The emergency declaration it was under made sense and helped people.
Seizing an air strip in the Everglades to make Donald Trump look like a big bad boy rounding up imaginary millions of illegal aliens is not just bad politics, it’s antithetical to the ethos of Florida.
DeSantis is sacrificing Florida for the federal government.
This should frighten everybody, Democrats and Republicans.
Miami-Dade and Collier should immediately challenge DeSantis in court on the grounds that there is no emergency going on related to immigration. Also, if this site is going to be refunded by FEMA – not ICE – that means it is actually a refugee camp site financially speaking. They cannot build a slave block under the auspices of refugees and an immigration emergency. That is incoherent, unconstitutional, and disgusting.
Ron DeSantis is justifying this based on a years old emergency declaration that also didn’t make sense at the time.
It’s time to stop ruling like we are under an emergency. Ron DeSantis is not briefing the state every day on this “emergency.” They are trying to do it under the cloak of darkness because they know how inhumane and grotesque this all is.
Cut Off The Alligator Alcatraz Slush Fund For Friends of Ron DeSantis
At a minimum, this facility is unnecessary.
At worst, it is the beginning of a very corrupt chapter of Florida politics.
Either way, it is absolutely the continuation of an American federal policy that has brought back human trafficking. This is something that I saw first hand in Philadelphia back in 2020. In a Democrat run city. It is the underbelly of sanctuary cities. They are built on the premise of good faith, but end up as horrible vehicles of trashing civil rights. People who are here without settlement need a way to get settled.
They should not be terrorized, especially not if that is at the expense of all of us.
By shutting down this facility, we can set a precedent across the country, about what the difference is between law enforcement and abusing process to commit sinister crimes.
Slavery Is Amoral, Unconstitutional, and Still Too Easy To Ignore
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, and many others like him, were sold to foreign nations as slaves by the man occupying the office of President of the United States of America to enrich himself personally, at the detriment of The People of the United States of America, while terrorizing communities and confusing the world.
Anybody brought to Alligator Alcatraz should be treated like a slave in need of emancipation. They may need to be lawfully deported, remanded into custody of another state, or processed for new crimes. Others are totally innocent and have to be immediately removed from custody. Those people – and others – deserve recompense from the governments which attempted to remove their fundamental human rights.
Because the slavery system in America is decentralized, it is harder to see than it is in places across the world where it is still crude looking.
There is also a false sense of the prison population in America already being a form of legalized slavery, such that it is viewed like the government is already doing this. It is not the same. Those concepts are very different.
The government subjecting prisoners to indentured servitude is another issue. The issue at hand is that the government – and private citizens – have no right to sell human beings to another country in exchange for capital or favors. That’s slavery.
Alligator Alcatraz Is A Slave Camp, Don’t Let DeSantis Make Any More
Without even successfully opening his first overpriced slave camp slush fund facility, governor DeSantis has declared he wants to make a second one of these things.
That is why this first site has to be obliterated.
But it has to happen legally, through the proper channels. Yet, given the bureaucratic operation DeSantis is capable of running, this opposition to him must come at rapid speed.
If they are working at “turbo speed,” be advised that I work at “lightning speed.” Or even “Light speed.”
Put another way, I am much faster than their operations of “warp speed.”
Lightning speed is roughly 200,000 mph.
Light speed is 186,000 mi/sec.
“Turbo speed” doesn’t exist.
If it did, it would be measured like an automobile. So, 0 – 60 mph.
That means I am incomprehensibly faster than Donald Trump.
But his plans have been unfolding for a while, and I am just one person. However, I have thousands of people in government (local, state, and federal level), law, the press, and special interest groups who actively read this work – just like you. People take me seriously because I have a track record of breaking stories like this, and also taking an activist role to make dramatic changes.
Believe me when I tell you that the President of the United States and the governor of Florida are engaged in trading slaves.
They are pretending to be standing for law & order.
Yet Florida has no problem with maintaining law and order.
Sheriffs in Florida routinely tell their citizens to kill intruders on their property. Stand Your Ground is a deep part of the culture in this state. So why the hell do Floridians put up with the federal government and governor claiming there is an emergency of illegal aliens running around committing heinous crimes? I thought this was the place where they could “fuck around and find out” by citizens of sheriffs and cops. If so, ICE should fuck off. They are an invasive force, just like FEMA, and DeSantis never should have allowed them to do this. They all need to be repelled, and shut down before it starts.
