Wannial Catraz is a big shame in Florida | Column, July 6th
I will hold you responsible
Columnist Stephanie Hayes is wrong. The shame that comes with Wannial Catraz won’t take Florida away. It belongs to the whole country and we have reached a point where something like this facility is needed.
We have always been here illegally immigrants between us. Most of the time, they lived a peaceful and productive life that benefited them as well as us. Everyone knew this and accepted it. The dam then burst, the country’s southern border disappeared, and we could no longer ignore what was going on. We reached out and then surpassed our ability to take other views. That’s a shame, yes, but that’s not a shame for Florida.
John SV Weiss, Spring Hill
Wannial Catraz is a big shame in Florida | Column, July 6th
thank you
Praise to Stephanie Hayes for her column on stigma and hatred that is Wannial Catraz. I always enjoy her humor, but there’s absolutely nothing interesting about this. She reflected that in a direct and honest way. Florida needs to be embarrassing. Thank you for telling me your truth!
Melody Urso, Dunedin
Wannial Catraz is a big shame in Florida | Column, July 6th
That’s the solution
Wannial kataz is no shame. That’s a solution and warning: don’t come here illegally.
Devi Ford, St. Petersburg
“Wannial Catraz” Immigration Center Backstory | Column, July 4th,
“Freedom” Teenager
Today’s newspaper reads like a guide to all the mistakes in Florida politics. Columnist Scott Maxwell is once again glued to his eye. It’s not safety. It’s about control. But it’s just one of several stories pointing to growing absurdity. We want the federal government to have nothing to do with the massive Everglades detention center, but we know that Florida taxpayers are forced to make bills anyway. That’s right: we pay for political stunts Most of us don’t support them.
Meanwhile, the new law slate just came into effect, each of which has slashed the individual freedom Desantis and his allies argued against the champion. And we see that the governor himself has become wealthy as a result of his position, as if he were cueing. That’s all for “Florida Free State.” The loyal people in the Magazine pushing this agenda will pay literally figuratively. These are not isolated cases. This is a pattern of power grabs, propaganda and personal enrichment. All at public expense. Florida voters are more valuable.
David Berg, Tampa
“Wannial Catraz” Immigration Center Backstory | Column, July 4th
Cruel and unusual
Thank you columnist Scott Maxwell for his insightful backstory about Wannial Catraz. Like many, I was unaware that Gov. Ron DeSantis was using emergency laws and state funds to establish facilities aimed at federal incarceration. The governor’s use of “emergency” is highly questionable.
Let’s be clear: there may have been some somewhat unstable grounds due to the so-called “immigration crisis,” but it was largely left to fantasy fueled by the rhetoric of Maga. This situation never met the traditional definition of “emergency.” And it certainly doesn’t deserve that label today. While this misuse of the emergency needs to be invoked, our compliant Republican Congress appears to be content to perpetuate this farce for political theatres.
The tragedy is that real people are being wiped out with this political attitude. There may be isolated cases or two serious felony, but the majority of individuals are guilty of seeking shelter from the crackdown and violence in the hope of building a new life. Separating them from their families and stable employment only prolongs this cruel political performance. It is deplorable enough to lock them in an inhumane environment with uncertain outlook, but revealing such cruelty is truly ineffective.
John Crofuld, Gulfport
Trump opens Wannial Catraz | July 2nd
Why the fence?
Questions to Emergency Management Director Kevin Guthrie and Attorney General James Usmieire Gov. Ron DeSantis: Why should the detention center be surrounded by crocodile, Pison and Panthers and, as you argue, contain prisoner detainees in fenced cages? Certainly, the population of non-violent, criminally-free prisoner detainees does not need to be trapped inside locked cages.
Gregory J. Kubler, Dunedin
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