Lawmakers in Florida are raising alarm over documents suggesting immigrant children and pregnant women could be detained at āAlligator Alcatraz.ā
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 āseparate minors from unrelated adultsā and to provide āsnacks and waterā to minors, pregnant women and detainees with medical conditions during transport.
āThe State of Florida is planning to send pregnant women and children to the āAlligator Alcatrazā detention camp,ā wrote State Senator Carlos Guillermo Smith on social media. āThis is totally un-American. We cannot be silent.ā
Thatās a good faith interpretation, but Iāve never seen a comment like this that isnāt whining ābut what about menā.
The comment is saying: āoh, so we are pointing out that sending people to places like these is bad when itās happening to women, but not when itās happening to menā, which is whataboutism, derailment, and a misreading of the article.