MIAMI — A federal court in Florida has ruled that Florida can’t bring any additional people to the detention center in the Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.”
U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams ruled Thursday in a case that challenged the facility’s operation on environmental grounds that the state must stop construction and, within 60 days, remove fencing, lighting, generators and waste receptacles installed to support the project.
Authorities have not disclosed the number of people held at the detention facility in the vast wetlands west of Miami.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis opened the facility in July and said it would eventually hold up to 4,000 people facing deportation under President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
