
Operations at 'Alligator Alcatraz' back on after appeals court halts judge's order
Fox News
A federal appeals court allowed the "Alligator Alcatraz" immigration detention center in Florida's Everglades to continue operations pending an appeal.
Last month, U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams issued a preliminary injunction blocking Florida from further expanding the detention center and ordering operations to dwindle by the end of October. The judge also ordered the state to transfer detainees to other facilities and to remove equipment and fencing.
The rulings came after a lawsuit brought by Friends of the Everglades, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Miccosukee Tribe accused the state and federal officials of not following federal law requiring an environmental review for the detention center, which the groups argue threatens sensitive wetlands that have protected plants and animals.













