Overview

• The preliminary order bars new transfers, halts expansion, and requires removal of fences, lighting, generators and other added infrastructure once the population drops over the next 60 days.
• Judge Kathleen Williams found violations of the National Environmental Policy Act and rejected arguments that federal review did not apply.
• Florida filed an appeal and senior officials criticized the ruling, while the state says deportations will continue as detainees are relocated.
• Friends of the Everglades, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Miccosukee Tribe argued added pavement and utilities endanger protected species and undercut restoration work.
• A separate civil‑rights case over detainees’ access to counsel continues, and Mexico’s consul in Miami reports 78 Mexican nationals are held at the site.