Source: CounterPunch
by Stephen F Eisenman
“Not content to impugn the worth of 10 million undocumented workers, the Trump administration must calumniate the reputation of a genus of semi-aquatic reptiles as well. I’m no herpetologist, but having lived in rural Florida for six years, I can tell you that Alligator Alcatraz — the new stalag in the Big Cypress National Preserve, north of the Everglades – isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Immigrants (undocumented and legal alike) take note: Notwithstanding the barbed wire, guard towers, armed ICE agents and 200+ security cameras, escape from AA is no harder than from any other federal detention facility. Unless you are hand feeding alligators or walking a dog (a prey animal) — both improbable activities following an escape – your chance of being attacked by an alligator is less than being struck by lightning. So don’t be afraid of the gators.” (07/18/25)