Overview

• The preliminary injunction bars any expansion or new infrastructure at the Everglades site and limits it to the people already held there.
• Judge Kathleen Williams directs removal of fences, lighting and generators once the population is reduced and orders Miccosukee access restored after 60 days.
• Florida filed a notice of appeal and state officials criticized the ruling as authorities coordinate transfers of detainees to other facilities.
• Friends of the Everglades, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Miccosukee Tribe prevailed in part on claims that federal environmental law applies under NEPA.
• Mexico’s consulate reported 78 Mexican nationals currently detained after on-site visits that monitored welfare, while separate civil-rights litigation over conditions continues.