FROM DAILY MAIL: Alligator Alcatraz, the notorious immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, will be allowed to resume operations.
A federal appeals court panel in Atlanta ruled 2-1 on Thursday to stay US District Judge Kathleen’s order to end operations indefinitely at the center, saying it was in the public interest to keep it open.
Williams, a federal judge based in Miami, had issued a preliminary injunction last month ordering operations at the facility to be wound down by the end of October, with detainees transferred to other facilities and equipment and fencing removed.
Her ruling was issued in response to a lawsuit brought by Friends of the Everglades, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Miccosukee Tribe, who used the National Environmental Policy Act to challenge the federal government’ use of the facility.
Under the law, an environmental impact study is supposed to be conducted before construction projects begin, yet Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration rushed to build the facility.
Judges Elizabeth Branch and Barbara Lagoa – ruled that the facility is not a federal facility as it is run by Florida.
The DHS X account posted the following message: “HUGE VICTORY FOR ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ. Today’s order is a win for the American people, the rule of law and common sense. This lawsuit was never about the environmental impacts of turning a developed airport into a detention facility. It has and will always be about open-borders…”
HUGE VICTORY FOR ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ. Today’s order is a win for the American people, the rule of law and common sense. This lawsuit was never about the environmental impacts of turning a developed airport into a detention facility. It has and will always be about open-borders…
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) September 4, 2025
Alligator Alcatraz will stay open— and so will our promise to remove every violent, criminal illegal alien from our country. https://t.co/rTdgSCIH2w
— Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) September 4, 2025
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