Freedom Vigils
Arianne Betancourt speaks at a vigil on 16 November 2025. Photograph: Philip Cardella
Highlights of vigil press coverage
South Florida activists join national protests denouncing ICE after federal shooting in Minnesota, WLRN Public Media, January 10, 2026
Alligator Alcatraz remains a mystery because the state won’t talk about it, Naples Daily News, J. Kyle Foster, January 5, 2026
The protesters showing up every week to shut down ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: ‘We will end this’, The Guardian, Richard Luscombe, December 26, 2025
Freedom Vigil at Alligator Alcatraz featured on BBC, the BBC, December 1, 2025
Sunday vigil at Alligator Alcatraz grows in defiance of Trump’s immigration policy
El Pais, Abel Fernandez, November 7, 2025
‘Sunday church in the Everglades.’ Faith movement grows at Alligator Alcatraz protests
Miami Herald, Lauren Costantino, October 25, 2025
Alligator Alcatraz snaps back to life after judge’s reprieve of migrant jail
The Guardian, Richard Luscombe, October 7, 2025
Religious leaders, Amnesty International USA hold vigil to call for Alligator Alcatraz’s closure
WLRN Public Media/AP News, Sergio R. Bustos, September 21, 2025
Crecen en EU los movimientos de solidaridad con inmigrantes
La Jornada, David Brooks, September 5, 2025
Shut it Down, Every Sunday they come to pray outside Alligator Alcatraz
Miami Herald, Lauren Constantino, August 20, 2025
Faith leaders rally weekly at Alligator Alcatraz, urge humane treatment for detainees
Naples Daily News/Gannett News, August 10, 2025
READ: Torture and Enforced Disappearances in the Sunshine State: Human Rights Violations at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ and Krome in Florida, Released December 4, 2025 by Amnesty International
