Alligator Alcatraz Is Not Getting New Detainees, but Site Keeps ‘Running’ Despite Judge’s Shutdown Order, DeSantis Says

Alligator Alcatraz is not getting new detainees, but site keeps ‘running’ despite judge’s shutdown order, DeSantis says

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said the controversial immigration detention site in South Florida, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” is still operating and continuing with deportations, despite a judge issuing an order for the facility to shut down.

Feds Stop Sending Detainees to ‘Alcatraz’

By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Federal officials are complying with a judge’s order and have stopped sending immigrants to a detention center in the Everglades, less than two months after Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration launched the facility dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” in support of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams last week issued a preliminary injunction ordering…