A large billboard located eastbound on W. E.H. Crump Boulevard near Interstate 55 in downtown Memphis showed an image of a Marine beside a search bar that states: “What do Marines fight for?”
A banner in red lettering fixed to the sign responded: “The chance to feed Mexicans to alligators,” according to local news reports. The text was accompanied by a logo of a figure with devil horns wearing a suit.
The U.S. Marine Corps responded to an offensive message that was left on a Crump Boulevard military recruitment billboard. https://t.co/SIuxxzKd1Ypic.twitter.com/PFJSWjPsrY
— Action News 5 (@WMCActionNews5) August 12, 2025
The banner appears to reference the controversial temporary immigration detention facility in South Florida nicknamed Alligator Alcatraz. The Marine Corps is not currently involved with operating the facility. Further, there are no reports of detained migrants being fed to alligators…