Florida has just announced the most hilarious immigration plan yet with the intention of building a detention center in the middle of an alligator-infested swamp in south Florida!
And guess what they want to call it?
“Alligator Alcatraz.”
Now, that right there is hilarious.
Per CBS News:
Officials in Tallahassee first announced plans to help the federal government expand its capacity to hold detainees awaiting deportation last week.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said a largely abandoned airfield in the Everglades would be repurposed as a detention facility to house immigrants living in the U.S. illegally with criminal records. He dubbed it “Alligator Alcatraz,” saying any detainees seeking to escape would face alligators and pythons in the treacherous wetlands surrounding the site.
On Monday, Uthmeier announced the federal government had “approved” the state’s plan to build “Alligator Alcatraz” and other facilities that he said could collectively house as many as 5,000 detainees. He said the facilities could start receiving detainees early next month, calling them temporary.
“There’s really nowhere to go. If you’re housed there, if you’re detained there, there’s no way in, no way out,” Uthmeier said in an interview with conservative commentator Benny Johnson, describing the “Alligator Alcatraz” facility.
Uthmeier added that Florida “will fight alongside this administration to keep Florida safe, strong, and free.”
“I’m proud to help support President Trump and Secretary Noem in their mission to fix our illegal immigration problem once and for all. Alligator Alcatraz and other Florida facilities will do just that,” he said.
What is not to love about this?
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