US EditionAlligator Alcatraz Is a "Huge Step Backward," Native Tribal Leader Warns
FLORIDA EVERGLADES, JUL 18 – The detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz has drawn protests from indigenous groups and highlights ongoing racial and environmental concerns, with 58,000 immigrants held nationwide.
- This month, white tourists stand grinning for selfies, Joe Raedle reports, outside the prison-like detention center in the Florida Everglades.
- Last year, the Miccosukee Tribe's fight against land designation threatened their subsistence, as the proposal for 200,000 acres of Big Cypress was dropped after opposition, marking a legacy of resistance to land grabs.
- A Florida GOP online store sells merch supporting “tough-on-crime” borders, as detainees are held behind razor wire and electric fencing at Alligator Alcatraz.
- On July 15, the Miccosukee Tribe filed as plaintiff in the lawsuit against Alligator Alcatraz, uniting environmental and tribal groups in opposition.
- Amid storm risks, experts warn the facility sits on unstable terrain, and FEMA allocated $625 million from its Shelter and Services Program to sustain the detention center.
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Alligator Alcatraz Is Racial Violence As Entertainment In America
Source: Joe Raedle / Getty A prison—no, a concentration camp—squats in the middle of the Florida Everglades, slick with humidity and menace. Its perimeter is crawling with coiling pythons, prowling alligators, and water thick like swamp stew. But the only sign greeting visitors is deceptively simple, a bright blue highway placard that reads, almost cheerfully, “Alligator Alcatraz.” There’s no cartoon maw or dripping blood on the metal, just the…
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