A federal judge will hear closing arguments in a hearing over whether to stop construction indefinitely at an immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" as she considers whether it violates environmental laws. Lawyers are set to make their closing remarks Wednesday morning before U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams. Last week she ordered a two-week halt on new construction that doesn't include any restrictions on law enforcement or immigration enforcement activity at the center. The center, which currently holds hundreds of detainees., was quickly built two months ago at a lightly used, single-runway training airport and can hold up to 3,000 detainees in temporary tent structures.

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