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  • Environmental groups file lawsuit to halt ‘Alligator Alcatraz' detention center

    06/27/2025 1:38:11 PM PDT · by packagingguy · 55 replies
    NBC Miami ^ | June 27, 2025 | News Service of Florida
    Environmental groups Friday filed a federal lawsuit seeking to halt construction and operation of a detention center for undocumented immigrants that has been dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” saying it threatens ecologically sensitive areas and species in the surrounding Everglades and Big Cypress National Preserve. The lawsuit, filed by the group Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity, alleges that federal and state agencies have violated laws that, in part, require evaluating potential environmental impacts before such a project can move forward. “The hasty transformation of the site into a mass detention facility, which includes the installation of housing...