Radio host Jon Justice says there is talk about setting up an ICE detention center in Minnesota, somewhat like Alligator Alcatraz or the proposed Cornhusker Clink in Nebraska, only colder. Jon and my friend Ed Morrissey offer suggestions for what such a facility might be called:
Lutefisk Lockup
Owatonna Slamma
Anoka Pokey
The ICE Fishing Hole https://t.co/J1tXi9kewe— Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) August 21, 2025
The goal, as with Alligator Alcatraz, is to create an image sufficiently fearful as to induce self-deportation. Well, lutefisk could do that, but only if you know what it is.
Here are some other ideas. No doubt our readers can come up with more:
The ICEbox
Fort Frostbite
ICE Icicle
The Colder Cooler
Big House on the Prairie
You get the [snow]drift.
It seems irrational to me, but there are some people who may be unfazed by alligators in a swamp, but would rather return to Central America than contemplate -20 temperatures and blizzards. For them, a Minnesota ICE outpost could be effective!
