A federal judge will begin hearing testimony and arguments Wednesday on a lawsuit seeking to close down Alligator Alcatraz, the controversial immigration detention center located in the remote Everglades.

The lawsuit was filed by Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Florida Division of Emergency Management and Miami-Dade County.

The lawsuit , filed June 27 alleges state and federal agencies of violating a landmark federal environmental law, the National Environmental Policy Act, in building the detention center in the wetlands of Big Cypress National Preserve in the Everglades. The Miccosukee Tribe has also joined the suit, saying it's built on sacred tribal land

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