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August 22, 2025

Federal Judge Halts Expansion of "Alligator Alcatraz" over Environmental Violations
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A federal judge in Miami has ordered the Trump administration to stop
transferring immigrants to a remote, poorly constructed immigration jail
on an airfield in the Florida Everglades swamp, dubbed "Alligator
Alcatraz" by Republicans. Thursday's ruling finds Florida and the
federal government acted illegally by omitting an environmental review
before building and opening Alligator Alcatraz. Trump officials will now
have to dismantle much of the detention camp to remove "all generators,
gas, sewage, and other waste and waste receptacles" that were installed,
due to environmental violations. This has raised concerns of how the
facility could remain operational with hundreds of immigrants still
inside. The decision came as part of a federal lawsuit filed by
environmentalists and the Miccosukee Tribe.


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