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On Tuesday, President Donald Trump visited a migrant detention center in the Everglades.
Trump praised what Florida is calling “Alligator Alcatraz” and hopes it can serve as a model for other states.
Trump commended Governor DeSantis and other Florida leaders for the facility, as well as the speed at which it was built.
“They did this in less than a week. And you look at it – it’s incredible. Look – the incredible thing is picking the site, ‘cause the site was one of the most natural sites – it might be as good as the real Alcatraz,” Trump said.
He also nodded to past tensions with DeSantis.
“We may have some skirmishes even in the future. I doubt it, but I will always come back because we just seem to – we have blood that seems to match pretty well,” Trump said.
The facility has drawn pushback from environmental advocates, including a lawsuit from the organizations concerned about the environmental effects on its Everglades location.
Elise Bennett is with the Center for Biological Diversity.
“We have concerns about impacts to water quality, wetlands, endangered species, it really runs the entire gamut to some of our most important environmental resources,” Bennett said the day prior.
State officials say they will start building another facility in Camp Blanding in North Florida after Independence Day.
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This administration is taking actions that resemble those of the most authoritarian regimes and no one is speaking up. We now have what amounts to a concentration camp in the middle of the Everglades. I respect the environmental concerns but what’s happening there goes beyond the worst. We are detaining human beings, people who are not criminals. In fact, even convicted criminals are often treated better. The best example is the person in this photo, a convicted criminal.
This is madness. And I hope those who say they want to “Make America Great Again” understand before it’s too late that the radical right poses just as much danger as the radical left you so often criticize. We are headed in the wrong direction. This is not what America needs. And believe it or not, you, the MAGA supporters, could one day find yourselves in the shoes of the immigrants you’re watching suffer today.