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Nearly two months after the hasty and controversial birth of “Alligator Alcatraz,” a federal judge has slammed the brakes on the operation, ruling that no more detainees can be housed at the remote migrant detention camp deep in the marshy wetlands of the Everglades.
The findings raise questions about the DeSantis administration’s vetting of the companies that received Alligator Alcatraz contracts.
The days at “Alligator Alcatraz” may be numbered after a federal judge ordered the state to begin winding down operations at the detention center within two months.
Environmental groups that sued to halt the construction of Alligator Alcatraz say they are prepared to take their challenge all the way to the Supreme Court.
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'This is our property, and it's been seized,' Miami-Dade mayor says of Alligator Alcatraz
Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava speaks about Alligator Alcatraz before attempting to visit the immigrant detention center operating out of the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport on Friday,