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Judge to hear arguments on halting ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ construction over environmental concerns
Federal judge reviews whether construction on sensitive Everglades wetlands violates environmental laws amid lawsuits seeking to halt operations at a detention center holding under 1,000 detainees.
- A hearing is underway regarding the environmental threats posed by the migrant detention center known as 'Alligator Alcatraz' in Miami, where environmental groups and the Miccosukee tribe argue it is built on sensitive wetlands.
- The facility is home to endangered species, such as the Florida Panther, which has about 200 individuals remaining in the wild, raising water quality concerns.
- A federal judge has halted new construction at the site but allowed the facility to continue operating and housing detainees.
- Critics, including Eve Samples, Executive Director of Friends of the Everglades, claim the center undermines billions of dollars in Everglades restoration projects.
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The future of an impromptu immigration detention center in Florida’s Everglades, nicknamed the “Alcatraz of the Caymans,” was uncertain on Wednesday because a federal judge was considering whether construction on sensitive wetlands violated environmental laws.
'Who's running the show?' is a key question in 'Alligator Alcatraz' challenge
A lawsuit challenging construction and operations of an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as 'Alligator Alley' has wrapped up with several key questions unanswered.(Image credit: Rebecca Blackwell)
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The Guam Daily PostJudge to rule within a week on whether to temporarily shutter Alligator Alcatraz
MIAMI — The fate of Alligator Alcatraz is now in the hands of a Miami federal judge who over the last four months sanctioned Florida’s Republican attorney general and blocked police from enforcing a new state immigration law.
The construction of an improvised immigration detention facility in the Florida Everglades, known as the "Alcatraz des alligators", could be suspended indefinitely. A federal judge on Wednesday examined whether this hurried project in a sensitive wetland was in violation of environmental laws.
Environmental concerns could halt construction at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration jail
Construction of a makeshift immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed “ Alligator Alcatraz ” could be halted indefinitely as a federal judge considered Wednesday whether the hasty development on sensitive wetlands violated environmental laws.
Spectrum Local News
Spectrum News 13Environmental concerns could halt construction at Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz'
People held at the makeshift immigration detention center say the food has worms, toilets flood floors with waste and air conditioners are shut off.
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