A large group of Cuban migrants held at the Krome Detention Center are protesting their detention by spelling out “SOS” with their bodies on the grounds of the facility in south Miami-Dade.

Local media outlets in South Florida reported Thursday that the Cuban detainees are angry that they are being held without being told when they may be released and fear they may be transferred to other immigrant detention facilities outside the U.S.

NBC6 South Florida broadcast a video from Chopper6 overhead the facility showing the detainees in white spelled out "SOS" with their bodies. NBC6 reported the detainees used towels to spell "CUBA” on the facility’s grounds.

One detainee told reporters that Cubans were planning to start a hunger strike to protest being transferred to other immigrant dete

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