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Judge orders temporary halt to construction at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center
- On August 7, 2025, construction activities at the Alligator Alcatraz immigration detention center in Florida's Everglades were temporarily suspended by a federal judge through a restraining order.
- The halt was prompted by lawsuits alleging that the rushed construction bypassed required federal environmental reviews, posing risks to wetlands and endangered Florida panthers.
- Environmental groups presented expert witnesses who described increased paving, lighting, and runoff risks harming water quality and fragile habitats around the facility.
- Judge Williams' order bars construction activities like paving, lighting, and fencing but allows ongoing immigration detentions and operations to continue at the site.
- The hearing will resume Tuesday in Miami to consider environmental groups' request for a preliminary injunction that could halt both construction and facility use.
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Judge concludes hearing on halting ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ construction over environmental concerns without an immediate ruling
The fate of a makeshift immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” hung in the balance on Wednesday as a federal judge considered whether building on sensitive wetlands violated environmental laws.
Judge to hear arguments on halting 'Alligator Alcatraz' construction over concerns
A federal judge will hear closing arguments in a hearing over whether to stop construction indefinitely at an immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” as she considers whether it violates environmental laws
Federal judge halts construction at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ – Knowhere News
Miami Construction at an immigration center in Florida’s Everglades has been temporarily halted by an order issued by a federal judge. The judge ruled that while she considers a challenge to the facility from environmental organizations, construction on the site, including lighting, tarmac, fencing, fill, and other structures, must cease. As the legal process progresses, however, immigration detentions and other operations at the prison will con…
Judge Who Issued a TRO on Alligator Alcatraz Wants to Close It
Judge who shut down construction on Alligator Alcatraz wants to shut it down with the help of so-called environmentalists, who are actually just leftists. Environmental advocacy groups say Alligator Alcatraz could cause “irreparable” harm to the Everglades. They will be back in Miami federal court on Tuesday to try to convince a judge that their […] The post Judge Who Issued a TRO on Alligator Alcatraz Wants to Close It appeared first on www.ind…
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Judge who halted Alligator Alcatraz construction to weigh push to shut it down
MIAMI – Environmental advocacy groups that say Alligator Alcatraz could cause “irreparable” harm to the Everglades will be back in Miami federal court on Tuesday to try to convince a judge that their
Hearing continues Tuesday over environmental concerns at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports
A hearing is set to resume on Tuesday morning at the federal courthouse in Miami to discuss the migrant detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.” The lawsuit claims the facility threatens environmentally sensitive wetlands and endangered species that live there, and would be destroying billions of dollars already spent on environmental restoration. A federal judge put a two-week halt to construction on August 7, barring the installation of a…
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