A man working for an immigration detention center near Denver was charged with assault after shooting at protesters outside the facility last week, hitting a college student in the foot, according to the authorities and the student. He was subsequently fired from his job there.

An off-duty employee at an immigration detention center in Colorado has been arrested for allegedly firing a gun as a protest was wrapping up outside.

“Alligator Alcatraz,” the immigration detention center built in the heart of the Florida Everglades that became a symbol of the aggressive tactics employed in detaining undocumented immigrants, will close after nearly a year of operations.