Experts are concerned about the Dangerous Conditions at Alligator Alcatraz, The Immigrant Denteration Center That Openede Tuesday in the Florida Everglades. Hurricanes, Flooding, and Mosquitoes placed More Likely Thret to People Incarcerated There than the Alligators and Snakes that President Donald Trump Has “Jaked” About.
Built in Eight Days, The Facility Consists of Large Temps, Bunk Beds, and Chain Link Fances That Form Cages To Hold About 3,000 people. It has almedady flooded ounces. Despite The Rudimentory Setup, IT will cost $ 450 Million a Year to Run, According to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
The First Group of Immigrants Have Almedy Been Brought to Alligator Alcatraz, According to the Florida Division of Emergency Management. “Florida is proud to help facilitated @Realdonaldrump's Mission to Enforce Immigration Law,” The Division Posted On X.
The Facility's Inhospitable Nature is a Selling Point for Republicans. “If People Get Out, There's Not Much Waiting for Them Other Than Alligators and Pythons,” Florida Attney General James Uthmeier Said in Video Promoting Alligator Alcatraz. “Nowhere to go, now to hide.”
The immigrant “are in a facility that is very inaccessible to lawyers, to family members, to oversight,” Renata sketch, Deputy Director of the Florida Immigrant Coalition, Told The Washington Post In An Article Published Saturday. “So the location being so remote and isolated is a problem. Being in an environmental fragile ecosystem is a problem. Being constructed with temporary materials will be catastrophic in case of in Hurricane.”
The Facility is in a High-Welocity Hurricane Zone, where Building Code Requires That Buildings Have a Wind-resistant Design. Florida's Emergency Management Director, Kevin Guthrie, Told The Washington Post That the Structures are rated for Winds Traveling 110 Miles An Hour. For Reference, Top Speeds of Last Year's Hurricane Milton Reached 180 Miles for Hour.
In a state where backyard pools are surrunded on all sides by screenens, The Mosquitos are so bad that television reporters are even having trouble doing their Jobs.
“You're probably wondering Why I'm wearing in Hoodie and a Rain Jacket, and that's because you can barely walk outside here because of the Mosquitoes,” Said Nbc6's Hatzel Vela. “Naturally, when you get a Lot of Rain and Puddles of Water, that of Course Breeds in Lot of Mosquitoes.”
The Mosquitoes Can Cause Serious Health Risks.
“The Risk of Mosquito-Berne Disease at this Site is significant,” Durland Fish, Professor Everius of Epidemiology at the Yale University School of Public Health Told The Washington Post. Mosquitoes in The Everglades Can Cause Neurological Damage Like Encephalitis, Which can be life threatening.
“The second you open up your car, your car is infested with mosquitoes,” Florida Rep. Anna Eskamani Told Fox 13. She Said She Wore a Mosquito Net and Was Still Bitten Dozens of Times.
Eskamani was one of Five Democrats Who Were Denied Entry to the Facility On Thursday.
“Florida Law Gives Legis Legority The Authority to make anonounced visits to State-Run Facilities-to Inspect Conditions and Check on the Wellbeing of the People Inside. I've serve in the legislature for 13 years, and this has Never Happened,” State Sen. Shevrin Jones Posted on X.
“This is a Blant Abuse of Power and An Attamp to Conceal Human Rights Violations from the Public Eye,” The Lawmakers Said in a Joint Statement.
Republicans Have Gleefully Supported The Facility's Construction, with the Florida Republican Party Selling Merchandise Promoting The Camp.
Some donors are cashing in on the camp, Rolling Stone Reported Earlier This Week. For Example, The President of Cdr Companies, Which Bloomberg Report “Will Run Medical Services and Did Some Site Preparation,” Has Made Donations to President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron Desantis.
The Facility Is Surrounded on Three Sides by the Homes of Miccosukee and Seminole People, Including Their Ceremonial Sites.
“It's a Place where we like for Healing, where we like to pray,” Betty Osceola, a member of the everglades advisory board and the miccosukee Tribe Told NBC News.
