During the afternoon of this Thursday, July 3, the Detention Center Aligator Alcatraz (Alcatraz Caimán, in Spanish) received the first Immigrants as part of the plan mass deportations of the United States government, headed by the president Donald Trump, who personally approved the new jail for undocumented.
Through his social networks, the attorney general of Florida, James Uthmeier, confirmed the arrival of the first group of migrants to the center, which has been criticized for its location in the wetland of the Evergladesa reserve composed of swamps and pine forests that house hundreds of animal species, especially Caimanes.
“More than 60 organizations from all over the country sent a letter to the mayor of Miami, Daniella Levine and the Board of Commissioners, urging them to take legal measures immediate To close the detention field, “said the American Friends Service Committee, an organization that works for the social justice And provide help.
However, organizations civilians They are not the only ones who have protested by conditions Inhuman from the place in Florida, where one of the main fears They are the floods in full Hurricanes season in the Atlantic Ocean, because some US media They have also rejected the idea.
Complaints for “inhuman” conditions in Aligator Alcatraz
“When they published the image of the metal literas in rows, it seemed more alligator Auschwitzno Alcatraz, ”said the newspaper Los Angeles Timesreferring to concentration camps of the Nazi Germany In the Polish territories occupied during World War II, the largest extermination centers of the Nazism.
For its part, the news organization CNN described the detention center for undocumented immigrants, Aligator Alcatraz, such as “a center of scenic cruelty”, Because the new prison seeks to impact the population in a visceral way and deep“Confronting it with uncomfortable truths and the intensity of life itself ”.
Also, to the newspaper Use Today He caught his attention to see the president of the United States, Donald Trump, kidding About people who will surely try to escape from Caimanes In his new detention center in Florida: “Only in a swamp can pose as a strong man to please the Republicans,” added the medium.
On the other hand, the newspaper Miami Herald He affirmed that the Aligator Alcatraz Detention Center is the perfect scenario for the policy of wiles by Donald Trump: “It’s the symbolism of the leader of the most important democracy in the world, which idolizes Dictators foreigners, excited about something that awakens echoes dark of the past ”.
In turn, the newspaper The New York Times indicated through an online report that this situation in Florida does not worry the White House, Because to cabinet Donald Trump loves the “image Caricaturesca borderly Draconian In a desert patrolled by sharp and snake teeth reptiles poisonous”
Given the circumstances, various media in the United States have criticized openly The creation of the Aligator Alcatraz Detention Center for undocumented migrants, cataloging it as a measure “Inhuman” and “excessively severe”, Even for the standards of President Donald Trump, a controversial figure in the country.
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– Benny Johnson (@Bennyjohnson) July 1, 2025