A federal judge has ordered the shutdown of “Alligator Alcatraz,” the controversial immigrant detention center deep in the Florida Everglades, citing environmental damage and legal violations in its construction.

U.S. District Judge Kathleen M. Williams issued the ruling Thursday, directing that no new detainees be sent to the site and that existing detainees be moved within 60 days.

The order also requires the dismantling of much of the equipment installed to support the facility and blocks the government from undertaking any new construction at the detention center.

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“The project creates irreparable harm in the form of habitat loss and increased mortality to endangered species in the area,” Williams wrote in her order. She concluded that federal immigration enforcement was a “

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