Overview

• A preliminary injunction halts new admissions, requires transfers within 60 days, and orders removal of fences, lighting, generators, and other materials.
• Judge Kathleen Williams found the hastily built facility caused significant, irreparable damage to a sensitive ecosystem and lacked a credible site justification.
• Florida filed an appeal Thursday evening as the camp continues to hold several hundred people pending transfers.
• The lawsuits by environmental groups and the Miccosukee Tribe argued the project threatened protected species and long-running Everglades restoration efforts.
• President Donald Trump recently touted the site as a model for future camps, while detainees reported poor hygiene, broken toilets, and limited medical care.