US EditionJudge considers whether ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ challenge was filed in wrong venue
FLORIDA, JUL 30 – Environmental groups challenge the lawsuit venue over the 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center, which can hold 3,000 detainees amid concerns about legal access and environmental impacts.
- A legal challenge to the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades was argued to be filed incorrectly, as the center is in Collier County, not Miami-Dade County, according to government attorneys during a hearing.
- U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams is presiding over the case and did not rule on the venue challenge during the hearing, but a second hearing is scheduled for next week regarding a request for a temporary injunction from environmental groups.
- Environmental groups filed a lawsuit last month to halt construction due to environmental law violations, claiming that the facility violates their rights.
- Florida officials, including Governor Ron DeSantis, defended the facility as part of an effort to support former President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.
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By Devon M. Sayers, CNN A federal judge will allow a Native American tribe to join a lawsuit brought by environmental groups alleging authorities are failing to protect the national wildlife refuge surrounding the remote “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center, according to a court order. The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida had requested to join the lawsuit, saying its “people have lived on and cared for the land” for generations. In the tr…
By Devon M. Sayers, CNN A federal judge will allow a Native American tribe to join a lawsuit brought by environmental groups alleging authorities are failing to protect the national wildlife refuge surrounding the remote “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center, according to a court order. The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida had requested to join the lawsuit, saying its “people have lived on and cared for the land” for generations. In the tr…
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Judge considers whether 'Alligator Alcatraz' challenge was filed in wrong venue
Government attorneys are arguing in court that a legal challenge to a hastily-built immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades was filed in the wrong jurisdiction.
An indigenous tribe in Florida will join the lawsuit filed by environmental groups against Alligator Alcatraz. Activists have denounced that this migrant center represents a serious threat to the protected area where it has been built. Related news: Mexican Brothers Who Were Prisoners Alligator Alcatraz will denounce the US for Bad Treatment The environmental damage of Alligator Alcatraz Alcatraz has not been completed a month since its opening,…
An appeal against an immigration detention center hurriedly built in the Florida Everglades was filed in the wrong place, government lawyers argued on Wednesday at the first of two hearings on the legality of the “Alcatraz de los Caymanes” (“Alligator Alcatraz”) in a lawsuit filed by environmental groups.
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