I Could Be Wrong.

  Alligator Alcatraz. When the government hides its actions deep in the swamp, people of faith and principle must speak. Deep in the Florida Everglades, far from the churches, courts, and communities that should hold leadership accountable, sits a detention facility the public was never meant to see. It is officially called a “processing center.” The people who have been inside call it something else: Alligator Alcatraz. There are some people who believe it is closed, but pending the appeal process through the courts, it remains open and active. This is not an immigration debate. It is a test of whether Americans, especially those who claim to defend the faith, freedom, and the Constitution, will tolerate a government facility that operates in the shadows. A facility that spends taxpayer money without transparency. A facility that uses punishment methods that human-rights investigators classify as torture. If we fail the test, we will have surrendered something far more precious ...