Protests erupt over so-called ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center

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00:00Now to the protests over a new detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed

00:04Alligator Alcatraz. Indigenous leaders are at the forefront of the protest saying it encroaches

00:09on sacred lands that are protected. Environmentalists are also opposing the

00:13construction. Here's ABC's senior White House correspondent Selina Wang.

00:18Tonight, demonstrators lining the streets protesting plans to turn a remote airfield

00:23in the Everglades into the latest migrant detention facility. Officials say operations

00:29will start on Tuesday and eventually hold up to 5,000. White tents already visible.

00:34Our lives depend on this every week. And, you know, bringing this facility here is disrupting everything.

00:45Environmental activists join Native Americans to call for the protection of their ancestral homelands

00:51as Florida Governor Ron DeSantis pushes ahead.

00:55Clearly, from a security perspective, if someone escapes, you know, there's a lot of alligators

01:01you're going to have to contend. No one's going anywhere, you know, once you do that. It's as

01:05safe and secure as you can be.

01:07The Department of Homeland Security teasing their plans for the so-called alligator Alcatraz.

01:13The facility, part of President Trump's efforts to ramp up deportations by expanding detention

01:18capacity. In highly controversial moves, Trump has already sent migrants to Guantanamo Bay

01:24and a mega prison in El Salvador. In recent weeks, more violent arrests caught on camera from coast

01:31to coast. This man thrown to the ground and arrested by ICE agents in California. His three sons,

01:38all U.S. Marines. And just days ago, the Supreme Court ruled to dramatically limit the ability of federal

01:45judges to check presidential power, allowing Trump to move forward with plans to end birthright citizenship,

01:52though the legal battle continues. I spoke to this pregnant, undocumented mother who did not want to

01:58show her face on camera. She tells me she's uncertain and scared, even though her baby will be protected

02:04from the ruling since she's part of one of the plaintiff groups in the case. But she says she's afraid for

02:10all the other children born on U.S. soil who may not become citizens.

02:15And, Lindsay, the Trump administration is ending temporary protected status for hundreds of thousands

02:21of Haitian immigrants, claiming that the country is now safe enough for them to return to. But the State

02:26Department is still warning Americans not to travel to Haiti because of gang violence, murder and crime.

02:33Lindsay, Selena Wang from the White House. Thank you.

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