The Interfaith Community calls for the shutdown of immigrant detention center, “Alligator Alcatraz.”
- The facility, dubbed Alligator Alcatraz, is described by activists as a “moral emergency” they say it is separating families, violating human rights, and operating far from the oversight typical of such centers.
- Organizers plan to maintain a weekly vigil every Sunday at 5:00 p.m. until the state government answers their demands of immediate shutdown of the site and the end of state cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Watch the video to see faith leaders and community members from across Tallahassee gather for a vigil to get Alligator Alcatraz to shut down.
BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT:
In a city where laws are written, Tallahassee’s faith leaders are writing their own message of moral resistance.
I’m Lyric Sloan, in Downtown Tallahassee, where a vigil is calling on Governor DeSantis and the state government to shut down a controversial immigrant detention site in the Everglades…