THE GREAT DETENTION HOAX: NO ONE’S BUILDING ‘ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ’ — BUT EVERYONE’S FIGHTING OVER IT!

Florida’s Attorney General pitched a wild idea — turning an abandoned airstrip in the Everglades into a migrant detention center, supposedly surrounded by alligators, pythons, and moral outrage. The left called it dystopian. The right called it genius. The media called it clickbait. And they’re all right — in their own way.

But let’s get serious: this facility is not going to be built. Everyone with a brain — including the AG — knows it.

The site is a regulatory minefield, mired in wetlands protections, endangered species law, and the ghosts of past environmental lawsuits. The cost of building roads, plumbing, power, and court access in the middle of a swamp? Astronomical. The legal challenges? Endless. The public image? Radioactive. You’d have better odds converting Mar-a-Lago into a wind farm.

So why propose it?

Simple: It’s a weaponized idea — not a real plan. It’s political theater designed to make the right look tough and the left look hysterical. And it’s working. Socialist protesters are literally camping out around a ghost airport to fight a prison that doesn’t exist — giving the AG everything he wanted: viral coverage, tribal outrage, and a flood of base enthusiasm.