Overview

• U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams gave federal and Florida authorities 60 days to remove fences, lighting, generators, and waste and wastewater systems.
• The order bars transferring anyone new to the facility, which was erected in June on an abandoned airfield with bunk beds, wire cages, and white tents.
• Florida officials said they will appeal the ruling after previously being told in early August to halt new construction at the site.
• The camp was promoted for roughly 3,000 places under President Trump’s enforcement drive, drawing opposition from Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity.
• Detainees described appalling conditions to reporters, including overcrowding, extreme temperatures, mosquitoes, and unclean cells, with one calling it “torture.”