Federal judge orders shutdown Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz’

U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams on Thursday issued a temporary restraining order requiring the Trump Administration to halt construction, stop bringing new detainees, and begin shutting down operations at the mass detention facility in Florida’s Big Cypress National Preserve nicknamed Alligator Alcatraz

The facility, heralded as the cornerstone of President Trump’s immigration crackdown, is tucked away amidst protected lands that make up part of the Everglades ecosystem

“ Immigration is at the forefront of national and state politics: As the swell of people seeking refuge and opportunities in our nation steadily increases, the government is under a corresponding pressure to respond and regulate,” Williams wrote in her 82-page ruling in the Southern District of Florida. She als