Overview

• The order bars intake of new detainees and requires transferring the current population and removing generators, lighting, fencing and sewage systems within 60 days.
• Florida says it will appeal and could seek a stay, so operations could continue during litigation depending on appellate action.
• Built in days on a disused Everglades airstrip and opened in July under President Trump, the site has drawn complaints over overcrowding and poor conditions.
• Recent counts put the population at roughly 1,400 people, including at least two Italian citizens, according to press reports.
• The case was brought by environmental groups and the Miccosukee Tribe under NEPA, and Judge Kathleen Williams had earlier halted further expansion before issuing the closure order.