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First hearing held on detainees’ legal rights at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ after judge orders wind down
A federal judge cited violations of the National Environmental Policy Act and ordered dismantling of the detention center within 60 days to protect endangered species and wetlands.
- A federal judge ordered the winding down of operations at the South Detention Facility, nicknamed 'Alligator Alcatraz', by the end of October due to an environmental lawsuit.
- The lawsuit claimed that detainees were denied the right to meet privately with their attorneys at the facility, violating the First Amendment.
- If the facility ceases operations, it could render the legal rights lawsuit moot, but Florida plans to resume accepting detainees if a stay is granted.
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Florida’s DOGE should investigate the money wasted on ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
A judge said the state agency building "Alligator Alcatraz' failed to present any evidence of the required environmental studies prior to construction. Building it cost the taxpayers millions and it's being shut down after just two months. (Photo via Florida Division of Emergency Management X account)Hello, is this the Florida Department of Governmental Efficiency, aka FLO-DOGE? I’ve got a hot tip for you on an incredibly wasteful government pro…
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First hearing held on detainees' legal rights at 'Alligator Alcatraz' after judge orders wind down
Attorneys are fighting for the legal rights of detainees at an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades.
Advocates discuss what the court-ordered winding down of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ means for the Everglades
Last month, a judge ordered the state to start winding down a migrant detention center in the Everglades in response to a lawsuit claiming that Florida violated environmental law. Plaintiffs in the case explained what this means on Wednesday on WMNF’s Midpoint. Elise Bennett is a senior attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity. “No new detainees can be brought to the site, and that is to facilitate the wind down of the really harmful…
The Eleventh Circuit of the U.S. Federal Court of Appeals suspended Thursday the ruling of a judge ordering the dismantling of the immigration detention centre ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ (Alcatraz de los caimans) by October, a triumph for the Florida government.
VoteWater asks appeals court to deny stay in 'Alligator Alcatraz' lawsuit
VoteWater has joined a coalition of Florida conservation organizations asking a federal appeals court to affirm a lower court ruling that effectively shuts down “Alligator Alcatraz.” Attorneys with The Jacobs Public Interest Law Clinic for Democracy and the Environment at Stetson University College of Law filed the Amicus Brief (“Friend-of-the-Court” brief) Tuesday evening on behalf of VoteWater, Tropical Audubon, the Florida Wildlife Federation…
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