Alligator Alcatraz is back in the news and it continues to plague Florida as a human-driven environmental crisis. With newly awarded FEMA funds, it’s now a problem for all Americans, costing us $608 million. Though this may be a drop in the bucket for some, consider the precedent that is being set. If FEMA grants every state such funds, we are looking at upwards of $30,400,000,000 for detention centers alone. What are cities and towns to do when faced with an environmental crisis like a wildfire, hurricane, or flood? Will the Federal Emergency Management Agency be capable of providing aid when they are busy pouring money into manufacturing problems through their support of immigration centers in highly sensitive ecosystems?

The award of federal funding also calls into question who is runn

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