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Lawmakers in Florida are raising alarm over documents suggesting immigrant children and pregnant women could be detained at 'Alligator Alcatraz.'

A draft operational plan obtained by the Miami Herald suggests minors could indeed be transported to the controversial site in the Everglades. The 35-page undated document details protocols to "separate minors from unrelated adults" and to provide "snacks and water" to minors, pregnant women and detainees with medical conditions during transport.

"The State of Florida is planning to send pregnant women and children to the 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention camp," wrote State Senator Carlos Guillermo Smith on social media. "This is totally un-American. We cannot be silent."

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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 13 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

Fuck off with this racist revanchism.

These are people who are ripe for radicalization against the regime, and we need everyone we can get.

[–] devolution@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

As a black man here who has watched black people time and time again advocate, fight, and push for Latino rights and representation; knowing at the end of the day, many Latinos wanted to be white so badly that becoming a “pick me” with their vote was more important than unity made me come to this conclusion:

“Bye Felicia.”

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 3 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

First off I don't know where you got 70% from, but from what I see a majority voted for Harris. It was close (because support for the Democratic candidate fell and because participation fell) so Trump got 48% of their vote, but that's all it was. Close.

Second, to complicate this further, 41% didn't vote.

Third, leaving aside the fact that your grievances aren't based in reality; your revanchism is basically making you side with the Republicans in their ethnic cleansing campaign. Your position is making you indistinguishable from any Republican.

What we need to be doing is building a broad coalition of resistance against the regime, not trying to use the regime to settle grievances. If we don't unite oppressed members of society against Trump he's just going to pick us off one by one. Divide and conquer.

[–] devolution@lemmy.world -4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

You may have a point.

I should be directly my ire at white women knowing the broodmares conservatives are going to make them and they still majority went for him.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 2 points 16 hours ago

From the source I posted, white women still only favored Trump by a 4-point margin. Is that enough to write them all off?