Overview

• Federal Judge Kathleen Williams issued a two-week injunction halting further construction of the Alligator Alcatraz facility while compliance with environmental laws is reviewed.
• Friends of the Everglades, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Miccosukee Tribe filed lawsuits alleging the expansion harms endangered species and violates sacred land protections.
• The makeshift detention center, comprising tents, cages and mobile shelters, remains operational and continues to house migrants and facilitate deportation flights.
• Built in eight days at Dade-Collier Airfield, the site opened on June 30 as part of President Trump’s hardline migration strategy targeting migrants labeled as criminal.
• Courts will reconvene within weeks to further examine compliance as Florida officials and ICE maintain that detentions and removals continue unimpeded.