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Interfaith Prayer Vigil Held Outside ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Amid Reports of Hunger Strike Inside Facility - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports
OCHOPEE, FLORIDA, AUG 3 – Mexican detainees at Alligator Alcatraz hunger strike over poor conditions including lack of food and sanitation, with faith leaders holding prayer vigils calling for change.
- On Sunday, CNN reported that Alligator Alcatraz detainees have been on a hunger strike for nearly two weeks, with at least a dozen involved, according to Thomas Kennedy.
- Detainees cited deplorable conditions, including lack of food and backup toilets filled with fecal matter due to inadequate water pressure, with not enough water overall.
- Faith leaders held a prayer vigil calling for change, with organizers saying this is the first of weekly vigils outside Alligator Alcatraz, and a Mass was held Saturday.
- Authorities denied the existence of a hunger strike, with DHS flatly rejecting reports and a federal judge recently addressing the legal case brought by detainees' attorneys.
- Built in eight days over 10 square miles in the Everglades, critics criticize the detention facility's environmental and deplorable conditions, prompting broader concern.
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Interfaith prayer vigil held outside ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ amid reports of hunger strike inside facility - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports
OCHOPEE, Fla. (WSVN) — Dozens of people of different faiths gathered at the Florida Everglades this weekend not to protest, but to pray for change. 7News cameras captured participants in Sunday’s interfaith prayer vigil outside the gates of the immigrant detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” united in their call for compassion and change. “Enough, enough!” they chanted. Faith leaders traveled to the event in Ochopee from across the sta…
An immigrant rights defender who monitors conditions in the detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” — a name given to him by state and federal officials — said that at least a dozen people have been detained for 12 years.
Mexico Asks US for ‘Immediate Repatriation’ of Mexicans Detained in Alligator Alcatraz
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Wednesday that 30 Mexicans are currently being held at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport detention center in Florida. The center is more commonly referred to as Alligator Alcatraz because of its remote location deep in the Florida Everglades swamps, with a large population of alligators and snakes. It began operations on July 1 as a detention center for illegal immigrants detained by Imm…
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