Compelled by faith, some of Florida’s most prominent faith leaders are meeting every Sunday deep in the Florida Everglades to protest Alligator Alcatraz, the controversial immigration detention center that opened earlier this year.
They bear signs reading “Alcatraz is Inhumane,” wear shirts that say “Deport ICE,” and raise their voices with chants to “Shut it down.” They travel from every corner of the state, representing an extraordinary coalition of faith traditions, united by the belief that Alligator Alcatraz persecutes immigrants in direct violation of the compassion and dignity at the heart of every religion.
And what began as a flicker of resistance has grown into a roaring movement.
What is Alligator Alcatraz?
Alligator Alcatraz is an immigration detention facility built on an abandoned airport runway about 43 miles west of Miami. Nestled in the heart of the Florida Everglades, the facility was fast-tracked by state leaders earlier this year to further President Trump’s deportation goals. It can house an estimated 2,000 to 5,000 detainees.
The facility’s cheeky name was coined by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, who called the area’s dangerous wildlife, inhospitable terrain, sweltering heat, and hurricane risk “the best natural perimeter that money can’t buy.”
But while officials boasted about the prison’s rugged defenses, those inside paint a far darker picture of what life is really like behind its walls.
Former detainees have described “unlivable” conditions: meager food, poor sanitation, cage-like units crammed with dozens of individuals, and fluorescent lights that never switch off.
Earlier this month, a judge ordered the center temporarily shut down on environmental grounds, ruling that the hastily-built complex had bypassed federal environmental review. Governor DeSantis has vowed to fight the ruling in court.
Faith Leaders Fight Back
For weeks, faith leaders of every stripe have made the pilgrimage to the edges of Alligator Alcatraz to hold Sunday prayer vigils. What began as a small gathering of clergy has ballooned into an event drawing hundreds.
The interfaith vigils are attended by Christians, Jews, Muslims, and secular allies who say shutting down the facility is a moral imperative. Buses full of congregants join their pastors, rabbis, and imams, transforming the protests into both a rally and a revival.
"It's all unacceptable. It's all inhumane. People need to be treated with dignity and respect," said Rabbi Jessica Jacobs. "We're gathering together as people of faith and people of consciousness to say, Not on our watch.”
“To see this, to see our communities torn apart and treated so inhumanely with no dignity, speaks against every faith,” said Aida Mackic of the Islamic Society of Tampa Bay. “It's totally against everything that we believe in.”
A Catholic motorcycle group called Knights on Bikes also joined the prayer effort:
Protests spread across the country, with churches as far away as Oregon joining the opposition:
Are Deportations Immoral?
For many, the plight of migrants extends far beyond the detention center walls. As Rev. Juan del Hierro put it: “Every person, no matter where they come from, no matter their immigration status, is a child of God... When human beings are treated as less than, it is not only they who suffer, it is our collective humanity that is diminished.”
And even though a judge has ordered the facility shuttered, faith leaders say their fight is far from over. If detainees are transferred elsewhere, they pledge to follow. "We still have to keep working,” said protester Judith Echeverria. “We still have to stand up for what's right.”
What do you think? How should faith communities respond when government policies clash with their values? Does religion have a role to play in debates over immigration and detention?
Update 8/29: Reports indicate that migrants are being moved out of the Alligator Alcatraz facility, and a DHS official was quoted saying that the facility would be "down to 0 individuals in a few days."
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Reverend Paula Copp
No one deserves to be put in a concentration camp, and that’s what the Orange TACO has made it. Did Nazi Germany teach us nothing?
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Douglas Eric Quay
Your logic makes zero sense. If they came here without paperwork then they broke the law! Simple enough!
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Joseph Saffomilla
That is not a concentration camp, it is pretty much like all the jails in south FL. Why libs continue to throw the Nazi thing around is beyond me, and shows a terrible lack of knowlage of history. If you want to hate President Trump, just because you chose to follow the talking points of orange man bad, that is your cross to bear. But at least coome up with some factual talking points. Those people were given a chance to self deport and chose not to take it, now that it is time to face the music for their actions, a certain type of person, wants to cry about it and treat them like they are some special case.
We are a country of laws, and those people broke the law when they entered the country illegaly, now they will be leaveing, sorry if they don't get to wait in a 5 star hotel, while they wait for their ride.
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Amber Fry
I suggest you look into it much deeper than you think you have. Even pictures of the place and the videos of interviews with DeSantis shows it isn't at all like a standard prison. It IS a concentration camp. Most of those put there didn't commit crimes. Most of them had papers, some were even citizens born in the US. All of them were people of color. The whole set up was sub par, flooded every time it rained, had limited toilet facilities, got two meals that were barely eatable, they didn't even have proper bedding or climate control. They are still human beings and even those few who did break laws deserve to be treated humanely.
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Douglas Eric Quay
Your TDS is showing! Comparing that place to a concentration camp or this administration as nazis is quite frankly, disgusting, unhinged, and quite frankly, deranged. Comparing the plight of the Jews in Nazi Germany to the plight of these illegals that are here that are part of violent, murderous street gangs is crazy! TDS is real and when you make comparisons like that nobody wants to listen to you.
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Michael Hunt
Trump Derangement Syndrome: a pejorative term used to describe negative reactions to President Trump that are characterized as irrational and disconnected from Trump's actual policy positions, mainly used by Trump supporters to discredit criticism of him in order to reframe the discussion by suggesting that his opponents are incapable of accurately perceiving the world, thus making TDS a logical fallacy.
Hundreds of detainees at these inhumane facilities have no criminal record and are not "part of violent, murderous street gangs": https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article310541810.html
The conditions in these facilities have echos of the early concentration camps in Nazi Germany, although not the death camps that we tend to first associate with the Nazi concentration camps: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article311718011.html https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article310130645.html
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Pastor George Day
Douglas Eric Quay
I completely concur with your perspective.
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Daniel Todd Kamm
I agree Sterling, people are people and we have obligations to follow the great ideals that have been handed down, what we Jewish folk sometimes refer to as "Paths of Righteousness." There are commandments included in those obligations, which others have adopted for good or ill... recently politicized to cement control of others by people who probably should not have received them to start with.
They are not laws to be viewed as a basis for legal actions or enforcement : they are guidelines about how to get along with other people in the world.
The "Golden Rule," which is ancient beyond its adoption by Western "Big Three" is yet another path, generally ignored by ,,, the same kinds of people ...over... and over...and over.
Likewise we have a duty to care for the world, be responsible to the planet without which we would cease to exist, and its inhabitants big or small, human or non-human.
I appreciate your offering... and find the other commentaries offered here so far falsely erudite, lacking in any spiritual conviction other than furthering the corruption of basic morality and good will, while furthering the cause of of man's inhumanity to man; by people who do not actually view certain other people of their own choosing as human, and who "render unto Caesar" responsibility for everything that they are responsible for rendering to other people themselves.
Beside the quote from Rev. Juan del Hierro's, I would post two others:
"Those who do not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it ," as we are currently witnessing as our democracy is degraded and America is made less great by those who seek power, control, domination and wealth... and I would say they seek to do intentional evil....
The other is a poetic riff on the "Woe to..." admonishments in the prophets of the Torah. While Christianity tends to emphasize straying through idols, and other immoral behaviors, the real deal is failure of people to treat other people the way g-d wanted ... and there are those commandments and that ancient Golden Rule again.
So instead of "Woe to, I would offer "those whom the g-ds would destroy they first make ludicrous." Read confounded, confused, or "crazy."
I bid you all peace.... Reb tk
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Lionheart
Where were all these people when President Obama was placing deportees in cages?
At the end of the day, it’s a detention facility, which is no different to a jail cell, but much larger, and is possibly more humane. Law and order is equally applicable to people who entered the United States illegally. This current administration is left picking up the pieces from the previous administration who let millions of illegal immigrants into the US without due process. As a result, many US citizens have been hurt, or injured, and in some cases killed, by illegal immigrants. We have enough of our own citizens committing crimes without letting more people in unchecked, and unworthy of legal citizenship.
We have an approved system for legal immigration here in the US, just like most other countries on earth do. That system is being heavily impacted by those who have entered the United States illegally. I feel more sorry for those who are genuinely waiting in line to legally enter the United States. I know it’s a long process because I have been through it with my family when we immigrated here, but it’s well worth the wait.
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Pastor George Day
Lionheart,
Your explanation is very clear and well-articulated.
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Rev. BH
Prior to our current fear and hatred of immigrants and the punishment thereof, we were all immigrants and currently their descendants. So everyone, go back to where you originated! My mother was of French descent , my dad British. Glad their people were welcome here during more tolerant times.
Or is it only poor people of color who must leave? (That is, unless they were imported black slaves who were whole heartedly welcome here. We never sent them back to where they came from, did we?)
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Pastor Jim
Nazi camps were for ideological extermination and slave labor to fuel genocide and war. I've been to the German concentration camps. The Auschwitz's gas chambers killed 1.1 million Jews intentionally and Dachau was the first concentration camp, operating from March 1933 to April 1945 near Munich, Germany, and primarily for political prisoners, but it increasingly held Jews. It was not an extermination camp like Auschwitz but a brutal concentration and labor camp, with deaths from starvation, disease, forced labor, executions, and medical experiments that killed some 41,500 Jews.
"Alligator Auschwitz" is a civil immigration facility for processing deportations under U.S. law—no evidence of mass murder, experiments, or genocide. It's temporary detention is mere days and weeks versus Nazi camps' indefinite or permanent internment leading to death.
Nazi camps killed millions systematically; the Florida facility holds hundreds with zero reported deaths. There are no crematoria, gassings, or executions and the "Alligator Auschwitz/Alcatraz" label is hyperbolic, focusing on enclosure rather than function.
U.S. detainees have rights (e.g., asylum claims, lawsuits), monitored by courts/media... unlike Nazi camps' total impunity, accountability was absent in the Third Reich. Victims are migrants seeking opportunity, not targeted for racial annihilation.
Nazi camps were part of a state-sponsored Holocaust; detainment camps are a political response to the illegal immigration America has suffered over recent decades. Jewish groups and scholars decry the nickname as trivializing the Shoah, arguing it dishonors 6 million victims.
While "Alligator Auschwitz/Alcatraz" shares superficial traits like isolation and poor conditions with Nazi camps. Equating it to Auschwitz or Dachau is inaccurate and risks Holocaust distortion. The Nazi sites were engines of deliberate genocide; the Florida facility is a flawed immigration tool used amid partisan debates.
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Lionheart
Thank you, Sir James, of your very fair assessment. I wholeheartedly heartedly agree with your comments.
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Rev. MichaelRS
- From a Judeo-christian perspective, God believes in borders. This is evident in any passage where God outlines the borders of Israel.
Genesis 15:18 -21. Exodus 23:31. Number 34. Ezekiel 47:13-20.
This falls under the teachings of Jesus when he tells us to render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's and unto God the things that are God's.
In this case we're talking about immigration control, which God also believes in.
On Earth the things that belong to Caesar (humans) related to border controls are the borders between nations. Each nation has the right to set its procedures for lawful entry into that country.
Heaven is no different. God has requirements for people wanting to get into Heaven and he also has a border checkpoint or a point of entry.
If you don't meet the requirements for getting into Heaven then you have to go to a less attractive place, because, unlike on Earth, at that point you do not have the option of going back to where you came from.
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Douglas Eric Quay
Beautifully said!
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Steven Ferrell
It is needed. We have laws and those laws have been violated, which makes ILLEGALS criminals. They should be treated as such.
What I get frustrated with is those who are all for ILLEGALS, yet they themselves do not live around ILLEGALS. They don’t have them across the street from them or even on their block, with their gangs, drugs and crime.
Many of them protestors for ILLEGALS live in their lilly white, suburban neighborhoods away from what comes with a large number of the ILLEGALS.
When you have to live around a huge influx of them in your neighborhood, the problems that come with them, it makes a huge difference in your prospective of them.
They are not like those who came LEGALLY into the country to become Americans and learn the language, become part of America. They come to try and force America to become the same type country they left.-
Joseph Grieco
According to the federal government, being in the country illegally is considered a VIOLATION. Roughly the equivalent of speeding or overtime parking. It is NOT defined as a misdemeanor nor a felony. You know what is classified as a felony (in South Dakota)? Shooting a dog.
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Stella L. Wright
You are right, and I will add (as an elderly person) that tax paying Americans are paying the bill for the ILLEGALS who have entered our country without permission or approval. Crime costs money. Sending illegal aliens out of the country will save millions, if not billions, in taxpayer funds that can be used where it is desperately needed for American citizens who are sick or living on the streets.
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Michael Hunt
Immigrants, regardless of their legal status, commit less crimes than US citizens. They also paid $96.7 billion in federal, state, and local taxes in 2022. Deporting these people will cost the government more than it will save. https://itep.org/undocumented-immigrants-taxes-2024/
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Douglas Eric Quay
And that right there my friends is a complete lie and nothing but propaganda.
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Michael Hunt
If the Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy's data is "a complete lie and nothing but propaganda," I'm sure you have data to back up your claim. Could you share that data with us?
ITEP appears to be a credible source of data as far as I can tell. https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/institute-on-taxation-and-economic-policy-itep/
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Joseph Grieco
Alligator Alcatraz is as ethical as Auschwitz, Dachau, Treblinka, etc.
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John Komorowski
This is an utterly stupid remark, made by someone who cannot think for themselves
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Joseph Grieco
OK, and what happens when they run out of "Illegal Aliens"? Who's next? Green Card Holders? Newly made Citizens? The Disabled? Senior Citizens? US Born Muslims and Hindus? What happens when Evangelicals decide that Congregationalists should be put there. Or Freemasons or other Fraternal order members? What happens when they finally decide to either deport or imprison someone for the "Crime" of being Jewish? What happens when they decide that Veterans Organizations present a danger to the security of the government?
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Douglas Eric Quay
Please stop with your insane rantings.
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ServantOfJudgement
Jim,
When you say Fuel the War, some time back I was shocked to read eye witness accounts stating the death camp slaves were forced to spread the ashes from the crematoriums upon fields as fertilizer which literally fueled the bodies of Germany's forces.
Well written with fabulous contrast.
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Rev Ned
Alligator Auschwitz is more like it. 😢
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Lion on the Beach
No. It's in the right place at the right time. Several others would be a good start. Being overrun and expecting Americans to pay for such lawlessness is absurd. These are not lawn care workers being paid in cash daily or day care workers being held. These are criminals who have had several court appearances and have had removal orders pending. These individuals have created chaos, havoc and overall crime on law abiding citizens. If any individual on this subject supports illegals and crime, then they should be the one's examining their own soul.
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Joseph Grieco
OK, and what happens when they run out of "Illegal Aliens"? Who's next? Green Card Holders? Newly made Citizens? The Disabled? Senior Citizens? US Born Muslims and Hindus? What happens when Evangelicals decide that Congregationalists should be put there. Or Freemasons or other Fraternal order members? What happens when they finally decide to either deport or imprison someone for the "Crime" of being Jewish? What happens when they decide that Veterans Organizations present a danger to the security of the government?
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Patricia Ann Gross
How "unlawful" were the 600 children they tried to send back to Guatamala last weekend? These were kids who arrived here unaccompanied, so who knows if any of them still have family back there? Where are all of the broken up cartels, mobsters, and terrorists we were promised? From what I've seen they are rounding up grandmothers and kids (probably because they don't run an hide very well). Not only is it immoral and unethical, it most likely is against guidelines in the Geneva Convention on human rights and dignity.
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Patricia Ann Gross
Mass deportations by profiling and "concentration camps" like Alligator Alcatraz are not only immoral, the are unethical, unconstitutional, and illegal. A judge has said so and has ordered it to be disassembleled. This is a scar on humanity that will take centuries for this country to get over. They go against due process and the prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment. Many are being detained, even with legal status paperwork like green cards and work visas, for minor traffic violations. If you aren't seeing the reports and stories, you need to get your head out of Fox and the Heritage Foundation to see what is really happening. News Flash: Even the FBI website says major violent crime was down in 2024, and who's watch was that under? It was published August 5th if you want to look it up.
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Troy David Grothe
I believe we are here to serve all but not at the determent of others. Without rule of law our world would be chaotic.
Romans 13:1, which states that everyone must submit to the governing authorities because they have been established by God. This reflects the belief that obeying laws is part of living a good and orderly life.
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Lisa Thayer-Van Dyke
Okay, dangerous criminals I would agree with. But anyone else, like less dangerous criminals? Make a prison close to the border. Deter the criminals. But I do get why they want to come here. Most of our ancestors came here from other places. But they went through
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Lisa Thayer-Van Dyke
Sorry. Most of our ancestors went through Ellis Island. They already spoke or were learning English. Spoke their native language at home or among themselves. That’s great! Never forget where you came from! English classes are free all over. If anyone expected me to learn some of the language of their foreign country for a visit, I would. I would learn it more if it were a long stay or living there. Please come over legally. This country is a melting pot of different peoples. Better lives, better opportunities.
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Mark R. Grave
Refrain from breaking federal laws and you will never see the inside of the prison.
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Walter J. Holbrook
The American version of "Nazi death camps."
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Penny Prentice-Best
While religions may have differences in belief and practice, there are some basic spiritual principles common to many religions. Every human is a member of God's family, including those who choose to demonstrate a lack of humanity and compassion. There is no justification for knowingly causing suffering, for demeaning and abusing other humans who have been peacefully living and trying to raise their families. If we claim an intention to live by Divine principles we cannot turn our backs to deliberate abuse and suffering. We are stronger and our nation is stronger when we practice compassion, ethics, integrity, and a willingness to collaborate to create the best solutions for everyone. Alligator Alkatraz and similar camps are not a solution. They are a punishment meant to demean and dehumanize, imposed without due process.
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Phil Harold Barberg
President Biden violated our Immigration Laws allowing unscreened migrants into the US. There are legal ways to immigrate into the US that many of us have used, such as my family did. The Immigration Laws were established many years ago for the safety of our country. The world has become a dangerous place with many criminals and organized gangs harming and killing many. There is no simple solution to correct the wrongs Biden did. But recent events (crimes) has shown us there is an imminent need to correct the violations of the Immigration laws. The migrants have all been warned and offered free travel back to their home countries. Those that remained risk being apprehended and deported home. It is unfortunate that many illegals have chosen to remain and created heartbreaking family situations. Those who voluntarily returned to their home countries have the option to apply for legal immigration. Most illegals cannot legally work in the US. Immigration law prohibits welfare benefits to immigrants for five years. Biden allowed the illegals to get free housing, food and medical benefits costing us about $50,000.00 a year for each illegal. President Trump has cancelled all the (illegal) Federal assistance programs for illegals. This has created a humanitarian crisis. There are not enough private organizations to support them all. People will do anything to survive and often resort to criminal activities to support their families. Illegal employment often paying substandard wages lets corrupt employers save money by not hiring legal workers at fair wages. There are no easy solutions. We are a nation of laws and are now enforcing those laws which were violated by Biden. There are over a million illegals and I wish they would take the offer of free return to their home country. Perhaps we should have a moratorium on deportation allowing non-criminal migrants to formally apply for resident status for six months. Those that are clear of criminal convictions would be allowed to stay and work while awaiting their immigrant Green Cards. We must seek a humane system while preserving our immigration laws.
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Rev. Donut
Stop blocking the road. Those people inside have a flight to catch.
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John T Stark
It's obvious this is not simply a "detention center". It is a concentration camp. Auschwitz by another name.
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Merle A Clark
Pastors should worship of the Spirit , not Political Activism . The victims have no say and cannot be heard above the cry to protect the criminal . Processes are put in motion of man , not God . The Prince of darkness always protect his own .
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Tami Tabone
If an illegal immigrant has committed a crime and found guilty through a fair and impartial hearing then yes. I say deport them. They lost the privilege to be here. If they are here, awaiting paperwork to be processed or if a child, or if they have been here for years, working and doing their fair share, I say help them get processed so they are legal. I am all for giv8ng people a fair opportunity. I do not agree that alligator Alcatraz is an answer. It appears to be set up so that people are treated inhumanely.
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Deacon Joe Forte
This action by Trump is an assault on human dignity…it is inhumane and barbarous and Congress to do something to undo this disgusting action.
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Mrknowitall
Look at that group of morally incompetent people protesting. if these heartless souls had any brains they would realize that the criminals their supporting have helped to kill millions with drugs, have raped and murdered millions so it's OK that they roam free in our country killing us and living off our tax dollars ??? They need to be deported right next to the criminals they love so much.
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Bruce David
The Old Testament demonstrates tough standards. Our prison system is by far moderate by most standards. As a former border Deputy I saw 1st hand the damage illegals do including setting a female clerk on fire after robbing her; killing a cop; running drugs, child prostitution, etc. Wo to those who are confined to a Mexican prison!
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Donald Stanley Lesher
What part of "Illegal immigrants" do we not understand? I've been baffled by this term when people talk about "criminal illegal immigrants" They are all criminals if they bypassed the legal process for immigrating to our great country. I have traveled and lived in many countries in my Army career and the USA is by far the best country in yhe world. I can understand why people from other countries would want to live here but there is a LEGAL process to achieve this goal. If you choose to bypass this process, then you should be deported. We have spent $240 million taxpayers money to create Alligator Alcatraz and now one judge has decided that we must close this facility. Now we will spend much more taxpayer money to house these illegal immigrants until they can be deported.
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Rosalyn Eliana Moreno
So disappointing! There is a right way and there is a wrong way.
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Angel Casiano
So what is the right way?
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Edwin Wilfred Mckinney
Peace be with you and everyone. During these trouble times. We are seeing what the Word of God has and had passed down. What should not be allowed is the abuse and the mistreatment of all life. We need to come together and find those individuals that are now exposed to human trafficking..
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Ari Joseph Bertine
Good for them. It's the duty of anyone who claims to love Jesus to speak out against cruelty and hatred. The people in this camp are fed maggot-filled food and being eaten alive by insects. This was built as a concentration camp--I have zero doubt that the hope was that it would be forgotten, and then they could save the cost of jet fuel by just disappearing people into the swamp. That was the whole purpose of choosing a location full of walking body disposal units; you can't find a mass grave and prosecute for mass murder if there are no remains. This was such a ghoulish and evil thing to establish, and it's an absolute litmus test for humanity. Seeing them protest it shows that they still have souls.
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Lion on the Beach
After working prison ministry, one thing you learn is everyone (inmate) is innocent inside. Those being held in south Florida are not your paid for cash lawn guy or your paid in cash house cleaner. These individuals that are being held under humane conditions are not nice people. These are pedophiles, rapists, drug dealers, human traffickers, weapons violators, drug mules, arsonists, gang members, paid for assault and battery/assault with deadly weapons affiliates, numerous DUI/DWI offenders, thief's-robbery violators, and drug manufacture overlords These people came here illegally and have shown they have zero interest in being a useful member in a law-abiding society. All of them have had at least 2 to 3 proper court proceedings and have been judged to be unfit to acquire the privilege of living in America. They came here illegally and have committed atrocities against the public. Which of you defending them would raise your hand to take custody of one of them? Hopefully you wouldn't experience the same cruelty they have inflicted on others. An individual defending these people need to wonder more about the comfort, well-being and welfare of the children, woman and men these people have harmed.
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Michael Hunt
"These individuals that are being held under humane conditions are not nice people." People with no criminal convictions are being put into these detainment centers, not violent criminals. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/14/alligator-alcatraz-lawsuits
One of those individuals sent there despite no criminal convictions was 15 years old. https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/alligator-alcatraz-teenager-criminal-history-detention-b2791927.html
The conditions in these detention centers are inhumane and deadly for detainees who, again, are overwhelmingly not some type of dangerous criminal. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy3zel0r3go
Most of those sent to notoriously brutal CECOT in El Salvador had no criminal convictions or records at all. https://www.texastribune.org/2025/05/30/trump-el-salvador-deportees-criminal-convictions-cecot-venezuela/
We're not defending violent criminals, we're defending immigrants who came to this country in search of the American dream who have become villainized as criminals destroying America despite making important, positive impacts in their communities.
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Rev. Mark
Why does God even let bad things happen to us??? FREE WILL ... Calling it "Aligator" Alcatraz of "Shark" Alcatraz in San Francisco... there is no difference. The risk of natural predators is present in both locations. These people are far from innocent "immigrants" they broke the law the minute they stepped into our country, and most continued their law-breaking spree ever since. They chose this life, so let them ride it out. They can always come back as better people their next time around. Yes, I believe in reincarnation.
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Noreen V Bell
Human are God highest creation. No person should be treated so inhumanly. There’s other ways I think that could be more appropriate.
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B/W Clerg. Clive Orlando Hessing
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B/W Clerg. Clive Orlando Hessing
Bigger
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B/W Clerg. Clive Orlando Hessing
Mooooore Alligators! Aaaarrrrrrrrrgggggghhhhh 🐊
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Merle A Clark
Jesus said give unto Caesar which is Caesars … Give unto God which is Gods . Try to show obedience and follow the law . Don’t hide behind the cloak of Religion to justify not following the law .
As Rev. Juan del Hierro put it: “Every person, no matter where they come from, no matter their immigration status, is a child of God... When human beings are treated as less than, it is not only they who suffer, it is our collective humanity that is diminished.”
I couldn't have said it better! 👏 Sterling
And you both couldn't be more wrong. I'm not really one for quoting the bible but I feel this moment it would be relevant.
Please carefully and thoughtfully consider what Jesus The Christ(God) said of some people:
“Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.”
Indeed, God does declare that not all are His children. Some he says are Satan's children. Satanists for example are Satans children. Now every time you hear someone declare that we're all God's children, you know they're either ignorant or a liar.
SOJ, according to your god, Jesus died for our sins to save us all, not to punish us. It is the blind and cruel who believe otherwise.
Rev BH,
We were born in prison with an eternal term. We punish ourselves by not accepting the open door out via my God, Jesus. That's what the Bible says.
You don't have to believe it if you don't want to. I'm only stating when Christians say we're all Gods children, Jesus, their God, my God, said otherwise.
You don't have to believe the bible is true but nobody can say the bible doesn't say that.
So you admit that your “Satan” is more powerful than your “god.” Finally some truth from you.
In response to Elizabeth , the Book of Revelations answers that very question . Satan does not win . God Bless
We have rules and laws, just like the Christian God has, to get into his kingdom. At least we deal with people humanely as best we can with those who don’t meet the requirements to stay in the US legally, unlike the Christian God who supposedly will cast those who don’t qualify for his kingdom into a lake of fire for eternity. 😱
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This administration is not dealing with undocumented immigrants humanely. They're sending them to Salvadorian mega-prisons where conditions are horrible and now this incredibly inhumane detention center in Florida.
https://apnews.com/article/alligator-alcatraz-immigration-detainees-florida-cc2fb9e34e760a50e97f13fe59cbf075
It’s interesting that they all have had a chance to self deport safely. I think you will find those that are being sent to Salvador mega prisons are those hard core gang members that were causing mayhem, injury, and possible deaths to American citizens.
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Most of those sent to CECOT in El Salvador had no criminal convictions or records at all. https://www.texastribune.org/2025/05/30/trump-el-salvador-deportees-criminal-convictions-cecot-venezuela/
If that reporting is true, I bet they are now wishing they had self deported. Hopefully, many other illegal aliens that are still in the country are now seriously thinking about packing their bags and self deporting. If not, they can eventually expect law enforcement to eventually find them and return them home.
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every lawbreaker should be detained like any other lawbreaker from m7rder to sssaultand if guilty,sentenacedand do the time or the punishmentevery child of god
Lionheart just might be my favorite atheist. Void of crudeness and rudeness, simply stating things as seen with near zero emotion or bias.
All in all you're correct, if the of the Bible heaven is real, which all radical pro free immigration churches site as justification, then all of those churches are wrong.
Regardless of whether there is or isn't a God, namely Jesus, the USA is not a theocracy and we have the rule of law, thank God.
Logically you can not oppose Christianity while siting it's doctrine to permit lawlessness. Nor can you adhere to it's doctrine while supporting anarchy.
Thank you, Sir. I don’t just oppose Christianity, I basically oppose all forms of religion for a variety of reasons. I do support law and order, and the Constitution of the United States.
Do I agree with everything about the Republican Party, absolutely not, but I do support the need for our nation to become safe again, which I can see is not going to be an easy fix.
Thank you for your kind comments. I possibly see myself as the Scott Jennings of the Monastery Blog. 🤭
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He is wrong. Read KJV Bible. 1 John 3:7-10 Children of GOD or children of Satan.
It’s an interesting thought, Sir but why would anyone read a book for moral guidance that is clearly very fictional?
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