Overview

• U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams barred any new transfers to the Everglades detention site and set a 60‑day timeline to wind it down.
• Authorities must transfer current detainees and remove temporary infrastructure including generators, sewage systems, lighting, fencing and waste equipment.
• The facility held roughly 1,400 people at the time of the order and was built to hold about 3,000 on a former airstrip in protected wetlands.
• Environmental groups and the Miccosukee Tribe sued under the National Environmental Policy Act, arguing required reviews were bypassed.
• Florida officials said they will appeal and may seek a stay, following a prior injunction two weeks earlier that had halted expansion at the site.