Florida, Alligator Alcatraz
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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.
Father of two U.S. Marines, Pascual Andres, was detained by ICE earlier this month after getting into a fender bender, despite having no criminal record.
A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction halting further expansion of an immigration detention center built in the middle of the Florida Everglades and dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” as it winds down its operations in 60 days to comply with environmental laws.
The findings raise questions about the DeSantis administration’s vetting of the companies that received Alligator Alcatraz contracts.