Archbishop Wenski leads ‘Knights on Bikes’ to pray rosary at Alligator Alcatraz

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(OSV News) — Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami and some 25 Knights of Columbus saddled up their motorcycles to pray a rosary at the entrance of Alligator Alcatraz, the controversial migrant detention center recently opened in the Florida Everglades. Alligator Alcatraz, located some 55 miles from downtown Miami at the Dade Collier Training and Transition Airport, consists of tents with groups of bunk beds in cage-like units of chain-link fencing, and exposed communal toilets. “It basically is in a swamp,” Archbishop Wenski told OSV News in a July 15 interview. NBC 6 South Florida reported that from July 1-18, there were 34 emergency calls to 911 from Alligator Alcatraz, an average of two per day. “There’s more questions than answers about this place,” Archbishop Wenski told OSV News July 15.