1. United States
2. Texas
3. Letter

I honestly cannot believe I am writing the following sentence to an elected official of the United States of America  -- it is not okay to have a concentration camp-like detention center in the swamps of Florida detaining any human being without due process.  If this isn't gross enough, Republicans are selling merchandise and the President has said the "concept" is for detainees to get eaten by alligators. This is a camp that we built with FEMA dollars in under 10 days, consists of tents, and doesn't have running water.  As a reminder, the July temperatures in Florida are in the mid 90s with humidity and threats of hurricanes.  Please go spend 72 hours living like a detainee before you tell Americans this is humane treatment and representative of our humanitarian values. I am an 8th grade English teacher and in my class, i teach students about the holocaust. we discuss how it was able to happen. the conclusion we always come to is that a lot of good people closed their eyes and chose to do nothing. they didn't speak up, they didn't send money, they didn't fight back. between gaza and alligator alcatraz we have two very real humanitarian crisis happening before our very eyes. if you always wonder what you would have done during the holocaust, however you are reacting to these situations is your answer. i do not pretend to know how we can effectively put an end to these atrocities, but i know that pretending they're not happening will only make matters worse. You have the power to make a difference, so make one.