UM campus Rabbi Jason Cook joined more than 50 faith leaders and spectators on Sunday, Aug. 24, at Alligator Alcatraz during a vigil calling for the closure of the immigration detention facility.
The event was a peaceful, interfaith demonstration organized by Jewish leaders from South Florida congregations. Prayer and spiritual insight from leaders of the communities pleaded for humanity for undocumented immigrants and people in the facilities.
Alligator Alcatraz, a 39-square-mile immigration detention facility in the Everglades, was built quickly as part of a nationwide effort by President Donald Trump to facilitate “the largest domestic deportation operation in American history”. The camp provides Immigration and Customs Enforcement with a location to hold detainees after conducting raids…