Overview

• A 2–1 11th Circuit panel paused Judge Kathleen Williams’s order that had stopped new intakes and set a 60‑day shutdown timeline.
• Florida officials and DHS hailed the ruling and said deportations and admissions would continue at the remote Everglades complex.
• The majority said the facility is built, funded and operated by the state, suggesting NEPA may not govern the project at this stage.
• DHS has begun moving detainees to Louisiana’s Angola prison, with 51 people transferred and capacity targeted to grow from 200 to 400 beds, according to public statements reported.
• Gov. Ron DeSantis announced a new Baker County “Deportation Depot” opened this week with up to 2,000 beds, and he said a Panhandle site is being prepared.