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Multiple news organizations were present, as well as various coalitions from around South Florida. The protest was organized by Students Working for Equal Rights and the Florida Immigrant Coalition, which says that the federal government would pay CCA around $89 million to operate the facility.
You'd think the town's residents would be a little stirred up by this proposal, since the place was built as an idyllic pseudorural escape, with large residential lots, many parks, and horse/pedestrian paths.
"The town passed a resolution in 2005 saying that the town would get a percentage of what CCA is going to make" on the center, says Diego Sanchez, of Students Working for Equal Rights in Miami. "People who live in this town don't know about this."
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