John,
Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis secretly built "Alligator Alcatraz," a massive ICE detention site in Florida's Everglades. This $450 million annual taxpayer-funded abomination crams up to 5,000 people into flimsy tents, trailers, and portable toilets amid swarms of massive mosquitoes and deadly flood risks.
Detainees endure unimaginable cruelty, from being denied water to getting fed maggot-slop while being subjected to constant blinding lights that rob them of sleep. One survivor likened it to being rats in an experiment, with medical care a cruel joke and basic hygiene nonexistent. Videos have even exposed flooding just inches from live electrical cables.
Unsurprisingly, it is operated by private contractors like CoreCivic, which has deep ties to the Republican Party. CoreCivic alone donated $500,000 to Trump's inaugural slush fund, and its president personally chipped in another $300,000 while at least nine contractors poured $2 million into DeSantis and Florida GOP coffers in a brazen pay-to-play scheme.
This is a rigged system where billionaire backers buy influence to exploit immigrants, ravage ecosystems, and evade oversight all on the public's dime.
Demand that Congress launch an immediate investigation into these grotesque violations of human rights, environmental laws, and tribal sovereignty to shut down Alligator Alcatraz now before it claims more victims.
This site was built without consulting the Miccosukee and Seminole Tribes, whose sacred ancestral lands it defiles. It violates tribal sovereignty, turning hallowed grounds into a prison camp while ignoring federal laws and Indigenous stewardship.
Hundreds of tribal members still live in traditional villages nearby, yet their voices were silenced in this rush to erect a monument to cruelty, disregarding centuries of Native resilience and environmental wisdom.
The unchecked wastewater and pollutants even poison the Big Cypress National Preserve, home to endangered species like the Florida panthers, and vital wetlands for the entire ecosystem.
Shuttering this facility is a moral imperative to dismantle Trump's deportation machine and expose the private prison profiteers who've turned suffering into stock options.
Tell Congress to investigate the private contractors behind Alligator Alcatraz and force it to shut down.
Together, we can stop this atrocity and protect human rights, the environment, and tribal sovereignty from corporate greed.
- DFA AF Team
