1. United States
2. Texas
3. Letter

I’m writing to demand that you condemn Alligator Alcatraz, the newly opened immigration detention facility in Florida, and the broader U.S. system of concentration camps. Journalist Andrea Pitzer, author of One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps, has called this facility exactly what it is: a concentration camp. The nickname “Alligator Auschwitz” may sound extreme, but it reflects the truth. Concentration camps are defined by the mass detention of civilians without trial, stripped of legal protections, based on identity—not criminal acts—and held indefinitely to expand state power. That’s what’s happening now, in our name. Facilities like Alligator Alcatraz are inhumane, unconstitutional, and unacceptable. I urge you to publicly denounce this camp and push for its immediate closure, along with all similar sites. The U.S. must end the use of concentration camps—now.