Oklahoma City, July 23 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Oklahoma, hundreds of immigrant rights and indigenous activists descended on Fort Sill, blocking the entrance to the site and shutting down freeway traffic for several hours.

Activists are demanding that the Donald Trump administration and Oklahoma Republican Governor Kevin Stitt halt plans to jail migrant children at Fort Sill, which was used to incarcerate Japanese Americans during World War II and has been called a “concentration camp.”  Amd Fort Sill was also once a prison for Native Americans.

Organizer Daniela Melendez from United We Dream told reporters: "Fort Sill has a long history here in Oklahoma.  It used to be a place where Native Americans were held after the Trail of Tears and also keeping them as prisoners.  And also, Japanese Americans have had a long history here, as they were also in detention camps during World War II.  And now we’re seeing that Fort Sill is going to become a detention center for children of immigrants who are seeking asylum.”