A U.S. federal Judge late on Thursday ruled that Florida can’t expand the immigration detention facility in the Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” and must begin dismantling it.
Judge Kathleen Williams ordered the state to stop construction at the facility and remove fencing, lighting, and generators within 60 days, while blocking the state and Trump administration from bringing any new detainees into the facility from this point forward.
She is also demanding that the state start removing all generators, gas, sewage, etc from Alligator Alcatraz.
Judge Williams said the make shift immigration detention center was causing severe and irreparable damage to the Florida Everglades, citing threatened wetlands, endangered species, and sacred tribal lands.

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