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‘Alligator Alcatraz’ may be shut down before Halloween. Florida already has a backup plan
Nearly two months after the hasty and controversial birth of “Alligator Alcatraz,” a federal judge has slammed the brakes on the operation, ruling that no more detainees can be housed at the remote migrant detention camp deep in the marshy wetlands of the Everglades.

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Judge Orders That ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center Be Shut Down for Now
Florida must stop expanding ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration center, judge says
Judge orders halt to new construction at 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center
A federal judge on Thursday ordered a halt to new construction at " Alligator Alcatraz " and barred bringing more detainees to the migrant detention center in the Florida Everglades touted by Preside...

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Judge Orders Florida To Stop Expanding 'Alligator Alcatraz' Detention Facility
Top 4 stories you need to know: August 22
Federal judge bars transfer of new detainees to Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz’
U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams also ordered the dismantling of some aspects of the facility as current detainees are moved out, according to a court filing in the U.S. District Court for the S...

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DeSantis plans to challenge judge’s ruling to shut down Alligator Alcatraz
What happens to Alligator Alcatraz after judge’s ruling? A look at next steps

Alligator Alcatraz’s shutdown ordered

A federal judge has put a stop to further expansion of the immigration detention center built in the Florida Everglades and dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," ordering that its operations wind down within two months.

Judge blocks transfers to 'Alligator Alcatraz,' effectively winding down operations

A federal judge is ordering the Trump administration and Florida to effectively wind down operations at the immigrant detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz."

Judge tells Trump admin to pack up Alligator Alcatraz, leave the Everglades, Big Cypress

Judge Williams issued a preliminary injunction Aug. 21, saying the Trump administration should pack up Alligator Alcatraz and leave the Everglades.

The future of Alligator Alcatraz hangs on one big question

The answer could play a key role in a legal battle over the facility’s fate. And it has bigger implications, too.

Democratic lawmakers demand information about 'Alligator Alcatraz'

A group of congressional Democrats is pushing officials at the DHS for more information about the use of the immigration detention facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz."

‘Psychological warfare': Internal data shows true nature of Alligator Alcatraz

"Putting people in tents in the middle of the Everglades is a great tool to make them give up their cases," said one immigration attorney
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