Judge orders temporary halt to construction at Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center
Source: AP
Updated 3:02 PM EDT, August 7, 2025
MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered a temporary halt to construction at an immigration detention center — built in the middle of the Florida Everglades and dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” — as attorneys argue whether it violates environmental laws.
The facility can continue to operate and hold detainees for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, but workers will be barred from adding any new filling, paving or infrastructure for the next 14 days. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams issued the ruling during a hearing and said she will issue a written order later Thursday.
Environmental groups and the Miccosukee Tribe have asked Williams to issue a preliminary injunction to halt operations and further construction. The suit claims the project threatens environmentally sensitive wetlands that are home to protected plants and animals and would reverse billions of dollars’ worth of environmental restoration.
Plaintiffs presented witnesses Wednesday and Thursday in support of the injunction, while attorneys for the state and federal government were scheduled to present next week.
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Here's to the Miccosukee Tribe! 
Because the people who filed suit WILL BE watching. And if construction doesn't stop, they will file a new motion to the court to say that the order is being defied.
Unfortunately with this administration, it takes a couple of threats before they finally "get it" (it bogs the whole thing down and has happened many times with other cases, but they are slowly starting to relent to court orders - usually after about the 2nd or 3rd warning from what I have been observing in the news 
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