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Lawmakers in Florida are raising alarm over documents suggesting immigrant children and pregnant women could be detained at 'Alligator Alcatraz.'

A draft operational plan obtained by the Miami Herald suggests minors could indeed be transported to the controversial site in the Everglades. The 35-page undated document details protocols to "separate minors from unrelated adults" and to provide "snacks and water" to minors, pregnant women and detainees with medical conditions during transport.

"The State of Florida is planning to send pregnant women and children to the 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention camp," wrote State Senator Carlos Guillermo Smith on social media. "This is totally un-American. We cannot be silent."

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[–] devolution@lemmy.world 25 points 3 days ago (17 children)

Latinos overwhelmingly voted for this 70%.

Sorry, not sorry.

[–] carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

the stats exist, you can check them instead of making shit up; the Latine vote was pretty close, but they still voted more for harris globally, tho i believe Latino men in particular voted ever so slightly more for trump

the only racial group who overwhelmingly voted trump, across men and women, and this is gonna SHOCK you!!, are whites.

whites voted for this; when are we rounding them up in concentration camps? when are we deporting them to europe?

[–] themadcodger@kbin.earth 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, at this point I have zero sympathy for anyone who voted for them. You find yourself without health insurance, a home, being deported, having your workers deported? Welcome to the find out phase of FAaFO.

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 days ago

None of these people voted at all. They literally couldn't vote against this.

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[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 22 points 3 days ago (1 children)

All the alarms have been going off for months now. But every organization that were supposed to do something about it were disbanded, defunded or rendered powerless.

alternative organizations need to be established quickly. States need to take it on themselves to independent of the federal government.

[–] burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

snacks and water not guaranteed

[–] Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm sure that Ron DeSantis will take the opinions of the half a dozen or so Democrat lawmakers out of 43 in Florida's state government that could be bothered to show up very seriously, and it will be a top priority of the DeSantis and Trump administrations to address those concerns along with the other numerous legal and Constitutional issues surrounding the compound.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Exactly. This is all gobbledygook feelgoodery grandstanding without any actual change. Again. From the democrats.

[–] Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

To be fair to them, they're in the superminority right now so all they'd be able to do is feelgood grandstanding.

What pisses me off is that only 5-6 of them could actually have been bothered to try. All 43 of them should have been showing up there in unison and demanding entry. At least show a united front, for the love of God. But they can't even be bothered to do the bare minimum grandstanding, let alone actual action.

[–] razzazzika@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago

So the alligators will have bite sized snacks in addition to full size meals.... sorry, my dark humor. It's the only way I cope with these atrocities.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 10 points 3 days ago (15 children)

But sending men there is “okay.”

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[–] MTK@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I think Trump is liking the middle east a bit too much, starting to sound like a Pharao

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