"An appellate panel on Thursday put on hold an order to wind down operations at the Alligator Alcatraz immigration center in the Florida Everglades. Last month a federal judge in Miami had ordered the closure of the Trump administration's notorious immigration jail within 60 days, and ruled that no more detainees were to be brought to the facility while it was being wound down."
"Ron DeSantis's administration in late June had raced to build the facility on an isolated airstrip surrounded by wetlands to aid Donald Trump's efforts to deport people deemed to be in the US unlawfully. The Florida Republican governor said the location in the swampy and remote Everglades was meant as a deterrent against escape, much like the infamous, now disused, island prison in San Francisco Bay that Republicans named it after."
"That shock ruling by district court judge Kathleen Williams built on a temporary restraining order she had issued two weeks previously, halting further construction work at the remote tented camp, which has attracted waves of criticism for harsh conditions, abuse of detainees and denial of due process as they await deportation, as well as environmental damage."
An appellate panel stayed a district court order that had required winding down operations and barred new detainees at the Alligator Alcatraz immigration center pending Florida's appeal. Judge Kathleen Williams had ordered the facility closed within 60 days and previously halted further construction with a temporary restraining order. The tented camp, built and run by Florida for ICE, drew criticism for harsh conditions, alleged detainee abuse, denial of due process, and environmental harm. Florida appealed the closure. Governor Ron DeSantis's administration constructed the remote Everglades site to support federal deportation efforts, and the US president visited and praised the facility.
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