Protesters in Florida demonstrate against proposed ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

Hundreds of people lined a Florida Everglades highway Saturday to protest the construction of an immigrant detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” as a steady stream of trucks carrying materials rolled by.

The facility is projected to cost about $450 million annually and was fast-tracked under emergency powers from Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). Part of the funding will come from a Federal Emergency Management Agency program that was used to house asylum seekers during the Biden administration.