Immigration & Border Security

Environmental Groups Sue to Delay Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

State officials have said that the illegal immigration detention center is set to start receiving people as early as July 1.
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Environmental Groups Sue to Delay Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
A member of the U.S. Marshals Service walks in front of the Federal District court for the Southern District of Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
T.J. Muscaro
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Two environmental groups filed a lawsuit on June 27 to try to block the immediate creation of “Alligator Alcatraz,” the proposed illegal immigration detention facility in the Florida Everglades.

The plaintiffs, Friends of the Everglades, and the Center for Biological Diversity, asked the Southern District of Florida to grant a preliminary injunction, arguing that the decision to construct the detention and deportation center at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport was made without conducting environmental reviews.
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T.J. Muscaro
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T.J. Muscaro is an award-winning reporter and NASA Correspondent for The Epoch Times, covering the Artemis program, Space Force, and other public and private ambitions within the growing space industry. Based in Tampa, Florida, he also covers stories of extreme weather and disaster relief, as well as various matters of national and international politics.