The faithful gather weekly outside Alligator Alcatraz

Not Florida’s unrelenting sun, swarms of mosquitoes nor the threats of storms chase the religious leaders away from outside the controversial detention camp in the heart of the Everglades.

At 5 p.m. each Sunday for the past several weeks, the faithful gather along the rural highway in Ochopee and pray.

Collectively they may represent multiple faiths but they are unified in a single belief that the detainees deserve to be treated as human beings regardless of the paperwork they may or may not have to be in this country…

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