US EditionJudge Rules Against Alligator Alcatraz
Federal judge rules Alligator Alcatraz violates environmental laws by harming Everglades wetlands and endangered species; state ordered to cease operations within 60 days.
- Late Thursday, U.S. District Judge Kathleen M. Williams ordered Alligator Alcatraz to halt new detainees and expansion, requiring removal of generators, fuel, and sewage within 60 days in Everglades, Florida.
- Judge Williams found that officials failed to conduct required environmental studies and violated federal law, causing irreparable harm to Everglades wetlands and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians.
- Records show Florida signed more than $250 million in contracts for Alligator Alcatraz, while Governor Ron DeSantis' administration approved at least $245 million to set up and run it, with costs estimated at about $450 million annually.
- On Friday, protesters gathered outside the facility's entrance as the state filed a notice of appeal Thursday night and Governor Ron DeSantis said `This is not going to deter us.'
- The decision deals a blow to a high-profile element of President Donald Trump's immigration agenda as civil-rights lawyers warn detainees may remain for up to two months amid ongoing lawsuits.
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When Jewish migrants were trapped and terrified in Florida — like Alligator Alcatraz inmates today
Alligator Alcatraz — an internment camp in the Florida swamp for detained immigrants, created under President Donald Trump’s administration — has been ordered to close, although the government is appealing. In its brief existence, the facility has drawn comparisons to Nazi concentration camps. Conditions inside the internment center are said to be ferociously inhospitable. One man said his prison cell was “like a dog cage.” There are reports tha…
A federal judge in Miami, Kathleen Williams, has ruled that the construction of the Alligator Alcatraz prison, opened at the request of US President Donald Trump, in Everglades National Park in Florida is illegal and ordered its closure, the Guardian reported.
Judge rules against Alligator Alcatraz
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Florida judge orders Alligator Alcatraz dismantled A federal judge in Florida ordered late Thursday that some of Alligator Alcatraz be shut down and barred the Sunshine State from bringing in more migrants to the detention facility in a blow to the administration as it…
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