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Critics have an even more controversial nickname for ICE’s Everglades detention facility: ‘Alligator Auschwitz’

JL;DR SUMMARY The article explores the controversy surrounding the nickname "Alligator Auschwitz" for the ICE detention facility in Florida, highlighting the ethical implications of Holocaust comparisons. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HolocaustTrumpImmigrationHolocaust ComparisonDehumanizationEthicsJewish ResponseIce FacilityRabbi Ammos ChornyAndrea Pitzer

Places mentioned

Florida, United States
"President Trump and Florida Gov. Rick DeSantis had a giddy name for the temporary ICE facility they built quickly on an airstrip in the Florida Everglades."
Monterey, California, United States
"read a post on X by the Monterey County Republican Party in California."
Naples, Florida, United States
"In a sermon he delivered on July 5, Rabbi Ammos Chorny of Beth Tikvah congregation in Naples, Florida warned against the Auschwitz comparison."

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