The camp was first announced by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, who is DeSantis’ former chief of staff and was manager of the governor’s unsuccessful 2024 presidential campaign, late last month.

German culture and the German language were virtually erased from American society almost overnight — sauerkraut was rebranded as “Liberty cabbage,” seriously — and as historian Matthew Stibbe writes, the “enemy alien hysteria” of the war years fed right into the Red Scare immediately afterward:

Alligator Alcatraz’ is visual policy aimed to stage terror as a message while making Donald Trump’s authoritarian and fascist politics a material reality.

“ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ” IS JUST THE LATEST in a series of cruel spectacles that mark Trump’s deportation and detention efforts. Collectively, they are contributing to a turn in public opinion.

This facility’s purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country.

On Sunday, two men stood in front of Alligator Alcatraz to show support for the detention center. One held a sign that read, “Welcome to Paradise. Don’t feed the animals.” T

In the course of this country’s development, our predecessors manifested great virtue, but they were not free from significant moral lapses.

Democrats are starting to make big moves amidst President Donald Trump's mass deportations and Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz'; one of which is Representative Robert Garcia, who was recently elected as the democratic ranking member on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.