US EditionGovernor DeSantis Defies Judge's Order to Halt Operations at 'Alligator Alcatraz': 'We're Not Gonna Be Deterred'
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis vows to continue deportations and plans a new facility near Jacksonville with up to 2,000 beds despite court-ordered dismantling of Alligator Alcatraz.
- On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams ordered the Everglades-based Alligator Alcatraz dismantled within 60 days, while Governor Ron DeSantis announced the new Deportation Depot at Baker Correctional Institution with 1,300 beds.
- The June 27 lawsuit filed by Friends of the Everglades, the Center for Biological Diversity, and the Miccosukee Tribe alleges construction violated environmental rules, risking 2,000 acres used by Florida panthers.
- U.S. District Judge Rodolfo Ruiz earlier this week ordered a detainee-rights suit moved to the Middle District of Florida and barred further TNT site expansion or added industrial lighting.
- Florida appealed the order Friday to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals , and Governor Ron DeSantis vowed the ruling will not deter state deportation efforts with President Donald Trump.
- Betty Osecola of the Miccosukee Tribe said `This is a win for the environment` as Alligator Alcatraz, inside Big Cypress National Preserve near the Miccosukee reservation, bypassed review after a state of emergency declaration.
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Florida Appeals Judge's Ruling Against Expansion Of 'Alligator Alcatraz'
Florida Appeals Judge's Ruling Against Expansion Of 'Alligator Alcatraz' Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration on Aug. 21 appealed a ruling made by a federal judge halting the expansion of the “Alligator Alcatraz” illegal immigrant detention center in the Everglades. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis during a news conference in Tampa, Fla., on Aug. 12, 2025. Chris O'Meara/AP Photo The a…
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ACLU Fights Florida 'Alligator Alcatraz' Citing Unlawful Detentions, Inhumane Conditions
Illegal Immigrant Advocates Allege State Has No Authority to Run Facility. A coalition of immigrants’ rights organizations filed a federal lawsuit Friday challenging Florida’s authority to detain people at the “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center, a controversial facility constructed in the middle of the Everglades. The lawsuit claims the state is operating an independent immigration detention […] ACLU Fights Florida ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Citing…
Florida-Run ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Violates US Law, ACLU Says
The Florida detention camp known as Alligator Alcatraz is being run illegally by state workers who are holding immigrants “off the grid,” the American Civil Liberties Union said in a new lawsuit filed hours after a judge in a different case ruled the facility must be dismantled.
Another lawsuit challenges Alligator Alcatraz
Florida’s ad hoc immigration lockup Alligator Alcatraz is facing yet another legal complaint charging abuse of power and legal prerogative. The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Florida, Community Justice Project, and National Immigrant Justice Center are suing the state of Florida on behalf of inmates. In the complaint that names Florida Division of Emergency Management Director Kevin Guthrie and other state officials along with a “warden…
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