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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Judge orders Trump to wind down 'Alligator Alcatraz' operations
A federal judge ordered Florida and the Trump administration to wind down operations at its Everglades mass detention facility, halting construction and the transfer of new inmates to the facility.
Further setback for the controversial deportation prison "Alligator Alcatraz" in Florida: A federal judge has banned the detention of other prisoners in the facility. In addition, parts of the facility must be dismantled.
'The structure causes serious and irreparable damage to Florida's fragile Everglades' (ANSA)
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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