US EditionFlorida must stop expanding ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration center, judge says
- U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams issued a preliminary injunction on Thursday halting new construction and admissions at the Alligator Alcatraz detention center in the Florida Everglades.
- A coalition of conservation advocates and the Miccosukee Tribe initiated legal action, contending that Florida proceeded with construction hastily without evaluating alternative sites or adhering to a longstanding federal environmental statute.
- The detention center was rapidly constructed nearly two months prior at a rarely utilized, single-runway training airport and currently houses several hundred detainees, with capacity planned for up to 3,000 accommodated in temporary tents.
- Eve Samples hailed the injunction as a significant triumph, stressing the importance of upholding environmental regulations, while Judge Williams anticipated a reduction in the facility’s population within 60 days, after which security structures and power equipment are to be taken down.
- The ruling highlights conflicts between immigration enforcement and ecosystem protection, with authorities ordered to remove infrastructure and consider sustainable alternatives that avoid harming the Everglades’ wildlife.
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One of the symbols of Donald Trump's tough hand in immigration policy can be counted days: a federal judge has ordered the closure of the detention center for undocumented immigrants known as 'Alligator Alcatraz' in Florida. It is a temporary prison for the prosecution, detention and deportation of undocumented immigrants, which caused sensation and controversy over the conditions that it subjected immigrants: nestled in the middle of the Evergl…
The authorities must remove the siege to allow the passage of the Miccosukee tribe, an indigenous people belonging to the area, remove industrial lighting from the site, and remove gas, drainage and waste facilities. Read
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The Everglades are a huge marshland. Part of it attracts visitors as a national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site. At the beginning of the year, Donald Trump's allies build a detention centre in the area for hundreds of migrants. They ignore environmental protection.
BREAKING: Obama Judge BLOCKS New Detainees, Orders Alligator Alcatraz to Be TORN DOWN!
The rogue judicial branch continues to overstep its bounds. In the latest example yet, a federal judge just ordered the effective shutdown of Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz detention facility. Judge Kathleen Williams, an Obama appointee, ruled that no new illegal alien detainees can be brought in to Alligator Alcatraz. In addition, she has barred further construction and given orders for many parts of the facility to be dismantled within 60 days. …
BREAKING: Obama Appointee Uses Environmental Loophole to Try to SHUT DOWN Alligator Alcatraz Migrant Facility.
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: A federal judge appointed 14 years ago by President Barack Obama ordered the Trump administration to halt the transfer of illegal migrants to a Florida detention center and stop construction on the site.WHO WAS INVOLVED: U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and environmental groups.WHEN & WHERE: The ruling was issued Thursday night in Florida, concerning the detention center at the Dade-Col…
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