Harris,
While immigrant families are being caged in the horrifying detention centers Trump calls "Alligator Alcatraz," Etsy is letting vendors sell merchandise celebrating its cruelty. They're selling hats and shirts depicting alligators wearing ICA hats, U.S. flags, and vacation-style Florida gear that turns suffering into a joke.
Alligator Alcatraz isn't some fake punchline, it's a real detention facility where hundreds of people are being locked away, often without medical care, legal counsel, or even access to food. This merchandise glorifies the violence, the abuse, and the deliberate dehumanization of our immigrant relatives. It's racist, disgusting, and a slap in the face to everything this country pretends to stand for.
And here's the part Etsy won't tell you, this hellhole was built just 1,100 feet from a traditional Miccosukee village, and within 3 miles of multiple Miccosukee and Seminole ceremonial grounds. It's not just immoral, it's illegal. Violating Tribal sovereignty, breaking environmental laws, and desecrating sacred land all in the name of profit. And now Etsy's scooping up their slice of that blood money, one sticker and coffee mug at a time.
We cannot allow a publicly traded company to build its brand on the backs of detained migrants and displaced Tribal communities. We will not let this go unanswered. They think we'll look the other way. We won't.
Send your message to Etsy's top executives and demand the removal of all Alligator Alcatraz merchandise from its website now.
Etsy may hide behind its "marketplace" label, but they're not just bystanders. They are actively profiting from and platforming the dehumanization of immigrants. They're giving sellers the green light to glorify ICE violence, and to turn human suffering into cheap, edgy merch.
We don't care what their PR team says, if it's up on Etsy, it's endorsed by Etsy.
This is corporate cowardice wrapped in culture war bait. And we see right through it. Would they allow a shirt glorifying Japanese internment camps? A hoodie celebrating slave auctions? No. So why the hell are they allowing vendors to peddle this crap?
Etsy's leadership has the power to stop this. They don't need to spin the press. They need a spine. And they need to hear from all of us, loudly and without compromise.
We must demand accountability. Send a direct message to Etsy's President, CEO, and CFO demanding they take all Alligator Alcatraz merchandise down now.
Let's make sure Etsy hears us loud and clear, profiteering off immigrant suffering ends now.
-Rick
Rick Weiland
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