President Trump's cavalier embrace of 'Alligator Alcatraz,' an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades that is surrounded by alligators and pythons, speaks to his cruelty.
The 39 square-mile center is comprised of tents and a refurbished FEMA trailer that are enclosed by 28,000 feet of razor wire. It sits directly in a deadly hurricane zone.
This $450 million center, which was built in just a few days, has inhumane living conditions. It is akin to a concentration camp.
Trump will put thousands of immigrants of all ages -- the vast majority of whom have no criminal record -- in overcrowded, extremely hot and humid cages where they will struggle to stay alive before they are deported.
America is better than this. At least it used to be.
