A federal judge has issued a temporary new construction order in the federal detention field known as the “Alcatraz aligador” for two weeks, while the underlying court filed by opponents is still moving forward.
The Judge of the United States District Court, Kathleen Williams, in Miami, on August 7, granted a temporary containment order to the Florida mass arrest center for unoccupied workers, ordering the State Government and the Trump administration to stop the construction of the installation built on an aerial runway on the old Miami Dade-Collier airport.
The installation built rapidly, formed largely of tents on detention cells, was opened in early July and is designed to house up to 3,000 detainees without documentation, but officials have said that the site could be extended to 5,000. Numerous reports from people who visited the site have described the conditions for those detained as horrible. FLA. Governor Ron Desantis (R) plans a second installation outside Jacksonville, FLA.
The ordinance means that the new construction, including filling, paving, installation of the new infrastructure and the installation of the new lighting, must be stopped for the next 14 days while the audiences related to the movement of the opponents for a preliminary order continue.
The actions are presented in a lawsuit filed on June 27 by the opponent Group – Fryns of Everglades, represented by Earthjustice; and the Center of Biological Diversity, together with the Miccosukee tribe of Florida. He claims that the installation with federally funding is being built in a sensitive area to the environment without the necessary environmental considerations and considerations under the National Law of Environmental Policy (NEPA).
“We are pleased that the judge has seen the urgent need to pause in additional construction and hope to move forward in our final goal of protecting the unique and imperiled ecosystem everglades of more damage caused by this mass arrest installation,” said Eve Samples, executive director of Friends of the Everglades, in a statement.
Alex Lanfranconi, spokesman for Desantis, said that the sentence of “activist judge” would have no impact on the application of immigration to the state, according to the Miami Herald. “Aligator Alcatraz will remain operational, continuing to serve as a multiplier of strength to improve deportation efforts.”
