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"The lack of authority to operate the facility has resulted in unprecedented challenges that people in immigration detention typically do not face," the lawsuit said.
Environmental groups that sued to halt the construction of Alligator Alcatraz say they are prepared to take their challenge all the way to the Supreme Court.
Judge Williams issued a preliminary injunction Aug. 21, saying the Trump administration should pack up Alligator Alcatraz and leave the Everglades.
Judge Kathleen Williams is giving Florida leaders 60 days to remove fencing and lighting from Alligator Alcatraz amid Trump's expansion idea.
The findings raise questions about the DeSantis administration’s vetting of the companies that received Alligator Alcatraz contracts.
An alligator made a meal out of an invasive Burmese python at Shark Valley in the Florida Everglades, near Alligator Alcatraz, an ICE detention center
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