News Flash: Liberals Oppose Anything Related to Immigration Enforcement

Is anyone shocked? "Alligator Alcatraz" immigrant detention center sparks outcry as DeSantis claims zero environmental impact - CBS Miami

Florida has begun building a new migrant detention center deep in the Everglades, springing into action after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) approved the development. But activists and locals have already raised major concerns, citing environmental and human rights issues.

It is to be located at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport. It is just north of US Highway 41, about halfway from Miami to Naples on Highway 41. It is literally in the middle of The Everglades. Anyone attempting to escape could go east or west on US 41, or off into a wilderness area infested with alligators and the invasive anaconda snake. (I haven't lived in that part of the country in more than a decade, but I assume they have not eliminated the snake problem.) That's if you aren't drained dry by the mosquitos, or just overcome by the heat and humidity.

Dwight Bullard, a former State Senator and senior policy advisor at the nonprofit Florida Rising, says the organization is wholly against the building of the detention center, also citing humanitarian and environmental concerns. He says the state, even under Republican leadership, has been looking to “restore the Everglades,” particularly because of its importance in the area’s water system.

There are other 'voices' expressing concern.

Eve Samples, executive director of Friends of the Everglades, said 7600 people had written to the governor and attorney general. Current estimates of Florida's population are about 23 million, so 0.033 percent of the population is "on record" not liking this solution. If you use the 2020 census number of 21 million population, it 0.036 percent of the population possessed to this plan.