A federal judge temporarily blocked further construction of the Trump administration’s “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center.
A federal judge on Thursday ordered a temporary halt to construction at a detention center built in the middle of the Everglades in Florida and called “Alligator Alcatraz” by the Trump administration.Why It Matters
President Donald Trump, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and other administration officials have touted the facility—built by repurposing the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in Ochopeé, Florida—as representing the Trump administration’s hardline stance on immigration enforcement and border security.
Critics, meanwhile, have said detainees at the facility are forced to endure unsafe, unsanitary and inhumane living conditions and that Alligator Alcatraz runs afoul of environmental laws.
