More than 200 clergy and people of assorted faiths gathered on a stormy evening outside an immigration detention center near Alligator Alcatraz on Tamiami Trail. Participants chanted slogans such as "Shut it down" and "This is a preserve, not a prison" while cars passed by. Clergy led prayers, shared personal connections to immigrants, and held signs quoting scripture; some wore religious vestments. Speakers criticized perceived inhumane treatment of detainees behind the facility gates. The hour-long weekly vigils returned for a third consecutive Sunday, drawing faith leaders and followers from South and Central Florida to oppose construction of the camp in the Everglades.
MIAMI - As thunder boomed on an ominous Sunday evening just outside of Alligator Alcatraz, over 200 people - most of them reverends, rabbis, pastors and people of assorted faiths - chanted in unison, "Shut it down" and "This is a preserve, not a prison" as cars and trucks zoomed behind them on Tamiami Trail.
Clergy alternated in leading prayers and shared personal stories about their connections to immigrants. People in the crowd held signs quoting scripture. Some wore religious vestments. Many speakers denounced what they view as inhumane treatment of the people behind the gates of what used to be isolated airstrip near the Big Cypress National Preserve.
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