1. United States
2. Fla.
3. Letter

There are serious concerns regarding the planned migrant detention facility—nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz”—in the Florida Everglades. As the current President (since January 20, 2025), your administration is responsible for ensuring humane, lawful, and environmentally sound immigration and detention practices. My concerns include: • Human rights implications: Housing migrants in trailers and tents surrounded by dangerous wildlife (alligators, pythons) and exposed to mosquitos, extreme heat, and flooding undermines their wellbeing. This raises serious humanitarian and ethical issues and could conflict with U.S. and international asylum obligations. • Legal and environmental oversight: Reports indicate the facility was fast‑tracked using emergency orders with no meaningful environmental review, tribal consultation, or public comment—potentially violating federal and constitutional processes and endangering a fragile ecosystem. • Politicization: Promoting the facility with demeaning branding and merchandise risks normalizing cruelty and undermines the dignity of vulnerable individuals. I respectfully request that you: 1. Launch an impartial investigation into the facility’s legal and environmental compliance. 2. Immediately suspend federal and FEMA funding until all proper due-process requirements—humane detention conditions, environmental protections, and community input—are met. 3. Commit to humane and lawful treatment of migrants in all U.S. detention sites, rejecting policies that compromise human dignity or bypass established protections established by us in the United Nations convention. Ensuring accountability and compassion in our immigration system is essential to uphold the rule of law, protect human rights, and preserve our national character of being a nation of immigrants.