US EditionFlorida must stop expanding ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration center, judge says
Federal judge halts intake and expansion of Alligator Alcatraz, citing violations of environmental laws and risks to endangered species and tribal lands, affecting about 900 detainees.
- On Aug. 22, U.S. District Judge Kathleen M. Williams issued an 82-page preliminary injunction barring new detainees at Alligator Alcatraz and ordering a wind-down within 60 days.
- Environmental groups and the Miccosukee Tribe sued, alleging federal agencies and Miami-Dade County bypassed the National Environmental Policy Act before building the site.
- Plaintiffs documented the project's rapid assembly in eight days, paving over more than 20 acres, adding parking for 1,200 cars, and planning for 3,000 detainees, with detainees reporting unsanitary conditions and lack of medical care.
- The injunction immediately prohibits installing industrial lighting, paving, fencing, and new detainees at the site, while the State of Florida appeals to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
- Observers say the injunction is a high-profile environmental-law test because the Trump administration had pitched Alligator Alcatraz as a model, with President Donald Trump touring the site last month.
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They must dismantle the notorious detention center in Florida within 60 days.
Judge rules to shut down Everglade’s detention camp after protests
Miami, FL – The Miccosukee Tribe and Friends of the Everglades won their lawsuit to shut down the detention camp known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” as ruled by U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams on Thursday, August 21. The lawsuit was filed on June 27, and Judge Williams ordered a temporary stop to the construction on the site two weeks ago. Now, the state has 60 days to move the detainees and dismantle what’s been constructed so far. The lawsuit…
Judge: 'Alligator Alcatraz' expansion must stop
MIAMI — A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Thursday halting further expansion of an immigration detention center built in the middle of the Florida Everglades and dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" that advocates said violated environmental laws.
U.S. judge orders immigration detention centre in Florida to wind down operations
A federal judge has put a stop to further expansion of the immigration detention centre built in the Florida Everglades and dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz," ordering that its operations wind down within two months.
On Thursday, a judge banned U.S. authorities from taking new prisoners to the migrant detention center known as “Alcatraz de los Caimans” in Florida, and ordered the site to be dismantled within 60 days, considering that it did not comply with environmental standards. Judge Kathleen M. Williams’s order is a stick for the Florida government and the Donald Trump administration, who wanted to turn these facilities into the heart of the Everglades i…
A federal judge on Thursday issued a preliminary injunction halting the expansion and downsizing of an immigration detention center built in the Florida Everglades, known as the “Alcatraz of the Alligators,” which activists claim violates environmental laws. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams’ order formalized the suspension she had ordered two weeks ago while witnesses continued to testify at a hearing to determine whether the construction s…
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