This may be the best place to put a few hundred illegal aliens. Put every illegal alien the judges refuse to allow to be deported in Alcatraz—maybe that will convince them to self deport. Oh, no TV, no music. No computers. This is a jail for violent criminals, not a playhouse.
“California State Senator Scott Wiener, who represents San Francisco, called the president’s notion “absurd on its face.”
“This major tourist attraction generates significant revenue for the federal government and supports many jobs,” Wiener said in a statement. “If Trump is serious about doing this, it’s just one more step in his dismantling of democracy — a domestic gulag right in the middle of San Francisco Bay.”
Lets call the illegal aliens “tourists”. Would that make Newsom and Weiner feel better?
President Trump shares intent to reopen Alcatraz as a federal prison in social media post
Lindsay Weber , KCRA, 5/4/25 https://www.kcra.com/article/president-trump-wants-to-reopen-alcatraz-prison/64666131
SAN FRANCISCO —
In a post on his social media platform Truth Social, President Donald Trump announced his intent to reopen Alcatraz.
In the post, the president said placing convicts there would keep “dangerous criminals” away from anyone they could harm.
“For too long, America has been plagued by vicious, violent, and repeat Criminal Offenders, the dregs of society, who will never contribute anything other than Misery and Suffering,” Trump wrote. “When we were a more serious Nation, in times past, we did not hesitate to lock up the most dangerous criminals, and keep them far away from anyone they could harm. That’s the way it’s supposed to be.”
Alcatraz operated as a federal prison from 1934 to 1963.
In 1969, a group of Native American activists called the Indians of All Tribes began occupying the land for 19 months in response to the U.S. government’s termination policy and the plight of Native Americans. It was a historical point that the National Park Service describes as “a watershed moment in the movement for Native American civil rights.”
In 1972, Alcatraz was included in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and the island opened to the public in 1973, becoming one of the most popular National Park Service sites, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Trump said his intent would be to reopen a “substantially enlarged and rebuilt” Alcatraz. He said the reopening of the prison would serve as a symbol of law, order and justice.
KCRA 3 reached out to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office for a statement.
“Looks like it’s distraction day again in Washington, D.C.,” a spokesperson for the governor said.
California State Senator Scott Wiener, who represents San Francisco, called the president’s notion “absurd on its face.”
“This major tourist attraction generates significant revenue for the federal government and supports many jobs,” Wiener said in a statement. “If Trump is serious about doing this, it’s just one more step in his dismantling of democracy — a domestic gulag right in the middle of San Francisco Bay.”
This is just a bad idea with too many reasons to state here. One reason though is MONEY!
Great Idea, put all the gangs , worst of the worst criminals, illegals, Politicians who have broke the law, we could start with Newsom and his Auntie and few others from CA ect……. out there. Just drop of food and water , let them figure out. Anyone who brings a boat near there can be arrested and thrown out there too or ???? I don’t worry about the money DOGE will solve that issue. I pray God will direct Trumps path. Lets Make CA Great Again, Gods Way. We are a Constitutional Republic