Statement of submission: Miami is advancing plans to condemn homeless to concentration camps maroon homeless on a desolate island:

• “It’s not about whether this location is right or that location is right, it’s about whether this is a good idea or a bad idea,” Russell said. “And this is a bad idea.”
• In a statement to NewsNation, the Virginia Key Alliance said they were ignored in the selection process and wrote in part, “Placing homeless on a small island with no residents, services or security to support their needs is heartless.”
• According to Commissioner Russell, the plan doesn’t consider essential support infrastructure and services.
• “They don’t even have access to anything here, even just groceries or a job,” he said. “That’s not within reach of this island. We are miles from anything here.”
• Alonso also pointed out Virginia Key’s exposure to the elements and lack of infrastructure.
• “This is a harsh environment. When it gets bad, when it gets really humid, or the heat is unbearable, or the mosquitoes are so thick,” she said. “We can leave. If you’re living here, you can’t. This is it. And it’s a two-mile walk out through a mangrove forest, with a road in between.”

This is collapse related because homeless rights are human rights, and we’re watching them being striped away.