US EditionJudge to hear arguments on halting ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ construction over environmental concerns
Federal judge reviews whether construction on sensitive Everglades wetlands violates environmental laws amid lawsuits seeking to halt operations at a detention center holding under 1,000 detainees.
- On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams will hear closing arguments on whether to halt construction at Alligator Alcatraz in the Florida Everglades, citing environmental concerns.
- In June, Friends of the Everglades sued, alleging the detention camp bypassed the National Environmental Policy Act review.
- Witnesses testified that the Florida Division of Emergency Management added at least 20 acres of asphalt, which could increase runoff and harm endangered Florida panthers' habitat.
- Last week, Williams blocked additional paving, lighting, filling, excavating and fencing at Alligator Alcatraz during a two-week construction halt.
- Ahead of the deadline, Williams will decide no later than Aug. 21 on a request to temporarily shut down the Everglades detention camp amid environmental concerns.
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New Hampshire Union Leader
arcamax.comGov. Ron DeSantis makes plans to hold immigrant detainees in North Florida prison
The DeSantis administration is making arrangements to hold immigrant detainees at a North Florida prison as a federal judge weighs whether to temporarily shut down Alligator Alcatraz, the makeshift immigration detention camp in the Everglades.
The future of an impromptu immigration detention center in Florida’s Everglades, nicknamed the “Alcatraz of the Caymans,” was uncertain on Wednesday because a federal judge was considering whether construction on sensitive wetlands violated environmental laws.
'Who's running the show?' is a key question in 'Alligator Alcatraz' challenge
A lawsuit challenging construction and operations of an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as 'Alligator Alley' has wrapped up with several key questions unanswered.
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The Guam Daily PostJudge to rule within a week on whether to temporarily shutter Alligator Alcatraz
MIAMI — The fate of Alligator Alcatraz is now in the hands of a Miami federal judge who over the last four months sanctioned Florida’s Republican attorney general and blocked police from enforcing a new state immigration law.
The construction of an improvised immigration detention facility in the Florida Everglades, known as the "Alcatraz des alligators", could be suspended indefinitely. A federal judge on Wednesday examined whether this hurried project in a sensitive wetland was in violation of environmental laws.
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