Several dozen people were arrested Sunday at the Everglades detention facility in eastern Collier County.
Members of the national Sunrise Movement organization, which promotes action on climate change issues, were protesting at the detention center on U.S. 41 Sunday afternoon.
Photos from the action showed a group of young people wearing shirts saying "ICE Kidnapped my neighbor" sitting and blocking a portion of a road at the site.
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Officers from the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office are also seen on social media video arresting several of the protestors.
Attempts to contact the Sheriff's Office in Miami-Dade were unavailing. A public information request was made to the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office, which made the arrests.
However, one of the Miami-Dade deputies, on video, said the charges included obstruction of justice.
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