New Delhi, June 29 -- Hundreds of protesters, including Native American tribes, environmentalists, and immigration advocates, lined Florida's Tamiami Trail highway on Saturday, June 28, to decry the rapid construction of the "Alligator Alcatraz" migrant detention center in the Everglades. Dump trucks hauling materials rumbled past demonstrators waving signs like "No Detention on Stolen Land," while passing cars honked in solidarity.

The facility, spearheaded by Governor Ron DeSantis under emergency powers, repurposes the Miami-Dade-owned Dade-Collier Training Airport into a compound with tents and trailers for up to 5,000 detainees, slated to open by early July. DeSantis touts it as critical to supporting Trump's mass-deportation agenda,...