Immigrants detained at Miami's Krome Detention Center have a message for the world: SOS.
On Thursday morning, a Telemundo 51 news helicopter flew overhead the facility and captured a scene of dozens of men mainly wearing white jumpsuits standing outside the detention center and forming the letters.
It appears to be the latest protest in response to conditions at the facility, but seemingly the first led by detainees themselves.
As U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE) ramps up its immigration crackdowns under pressure from President Donald Trump, detention centers across the country — including Krome, the subject of troubling allegations of detainee abuse since its opening in the early 1980s — are plagued by reports of overcrowding and poor conditions.
In March, a man wh