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
Neither would I, and I havenāt said anything of the sort.
Right, but we were talking about how people were less concerned when men get sent to the death camps, and then you made the point that some protections donāt apply to men. You can see the connection. I donāt believe thatās the point you were intending to make but nonetheless I felt it was necessary to voice my disagreement for the sake of a complete discussion.
Maybe this is going to come across as just pedantry, but I really feel like some people are missing some pretty important things here. The thread started with this question:
I thought it was wild to leap to āmen donāt matterā on a post about pregnant women and children being sent to a concentration camp. That pivot felt misguided at best, and misogynistic at worst. I replied with a reminder that pregnant women and children are a more vulnerable group than men, as an alternative, *non-malicious explanation for why the article calls those groups out specifically. I was just trying to push back on the misguided notion of āmedia reports on group A, therefore they donāt care about group B.ā
Ah okay, that makes more sense. Thanks.