Overview

• U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams directed the transfer of existing detainees and the removal of generators, fuel, sewage systems and other project waste from the Everglades site.
• Her ruling cites a lack of required environmental review and findings of serious, irreparable harm to the wetlands and protected species.
• The decision builds on a temporary order issued two weeks earlier that blocked further expansion, following a lawsuit by environmental groups and a Native American tribe.
• The complex, erected on a defunct Everglades airfield, was designed for roughly 3,000 people, with many held in 32‑bed rooms and conditions widely criticized since opening in early July.
• The Trump administration has promoted the facility as part of its detention and deportation strategy, with recent counts reported around 1,400 people held there.