Judge orders temporary halt to construction at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center

Judge blocks construction at Everglades deportation facility for two weeks

Further construction at the Everglades deportation facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz” must be halted for at least two weeks, a federal judge ruled Thursday. The center, located on an old airport runway surrounded by the Big Cypress National Preserve, will…

Florida plans to appeal construction halt at Alligator Alcatraz

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — On Thursday, a federal judge halted construction for two weeks at Alligator Alcatraz, the mass migrant detention center near the Everglades. Conservation groups want the judge to do more. One of the plaintiffs is Friends of the Everglades. Eve Samples is the group’s executive director. Construction crane at abandoned site in Tampa raising concerns for hurricane season “We're seeking an order to halt activity as a whole…

Federal Judge Halts New Construction at Alligator Alcatraz - Inside Climate News

The judge issued the 14-day pause as she considers whether the hastily assembled detention site in the Florida Everglades must undergo an environmental review.By Amy GreenMIAMI—A federal judge has paused new construction at Alligator Alcatraz, the Everglades detention site where the Trump administration aims to incarcerate and deport thousands of undocumented migrants.

A terrible environmental law finally did something good: It paused construction of Alligator Alcatraz

A federal judge halted construction of Florida's Alligator Alcatraz on Thursday for 14 days while the court decides if the opening of the facility violated federal environmental laws and regulations. Immigrant detainees will remain on the site as the environmental legal challenges continue.  Alligator Alcatraz, a state-run immigration detention center, is located on 30 square miles of the Everglades in Miami-Dade County. Florida officials announ…

Immigration attorneys highly critical of process to see clients inside ‘Alligator Alcatraz'

It’s been a day since a federal judge ruled construction at the so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” must stop for 14 days, but on Friday, out-of-state protestors sat along State Road 41 to keep track of who goes in and out.

“Alligator Alcatraz” Construction Halted, But Native Heritage Remains at Risk

A federal judge halted further construction on the notoriously dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center yesterday, August 7, in response to a lawsuit citing the prison’s risks to environmental diversity and Native American heritage. In addition to threatening endangered species like the Florida panther and bonneted bat, the prison impinges on the Miccosukee Tribe’s deep cultural and spiritual connections to the land surrounding the Dade-Coll…