"About 56 miles (90 km) from Miami, on a lonely curve of the Tamiami Trail, surrounded by wetlands and with no cellphone service, after passing the airboat rental businesses and the Miccosukee Tribal Village, a blue sign announces the approach of the Alligator Alcatraz detention center. The official sign is crossed out with graffiti: Fuck ICE. Last Sunday afternoon, more than 200 people gathered on the stretch of highway in front of the remote detention center nestled in the Everglades mangroves,"
"These vigils outside the centerlocated at the former Dade-Collier Airporthave been held for 14 consecutive Sundays and have become a gathering point for activists, religious leaders and relatives of the detainees. On November 2, the vigil coincided with a national day of protest: the Disappeared in America Day of Action, which brought together more than 140 events across the country."
"Since its hasty opening in July, Alligator Alcatraz has become a national symbol of the Trump administration's immigration policies. At this vigil, worshippers and activists joined the national outcry for the closure of all immigrant detention centers and an end to raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Some participants arrived by bus from Fort Myers and Naples, on Florida's west coast. Others came by car from Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach, and other cities on the east coast."
About 56 miles from Miami, the Alligator Alcatraz detention center sits on a remote curve of the Tamiami Trail amid wetlands and without cellphone service. A graffiti-marked sign reads "Fuck ICE." More than 200 people gathered there last Sunday to demand the facility's closure and protest immigrant treatment. Weekly vigils at the former Dade-Collier Airport site have run for 14 consecutive Sundays, attracting activists, religious leaders and detainees' relatives. The November 2 vigil matched a national Disappeared in America Day of Action with over 140 events nationwide. Since opening in July, the center has become a symbol of Trump-era immigration policy.
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