A federal judge on Aug. 21 ordered President Donald Trump and the state of Florida to stop sending detainees to “Alligator Alcatraz,” a detention center for illegal immigrants in the Everglades, and barred new construction there.
U.S. Judge Kathleen Williams, a lower court judge in the District Court for the Southern District of Florida, sided with environmental groups who had brought suit against the facility, saying that it endangers the Everglades and its wildlife.
Located 37 miles west of Miami, the detention center’s name comes from the vast swaths of surrounding wetlands that encircle the facility, which are home to alligators, crocodiles, and pythons….
Federal Judge Bars New Detainees, Construction at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
