Overview

• Florida emergency chief Kevin Guthrie wrote in an email that the South Florida Detention Facility will likely be down to zero detainees within days, according to reports.
• U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams barred new transfers and ordered much of the Everglades complex dismantled, citing the lack of a National Environmental Policy Act review.
• Florida has appealed the injunction, and the federal government is seeking a pause on the dismantling order while the legal challenge proceeds.
• The ruling followed lawsuits from environmental groups and the Miccosukee Tribe over impacts to wetlands and protected areas at the Dade-Collier site.
• State records show at least $245 million in contracts for the facility, including major awards to Critical Response Strategies, Longview Solutions Group, and Gothams, while DHS says it did not fund the project.