A federal judge has ordered a winding down of operations at Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz, the hastily assembled Everglades detention site where the Trump administration aims to incarcerate thousands of undocumented migrants before deporting them.

Judge Kathleen Williams Thursday granted a preliminary injunction for environmental groups and the Miccosukee Tribe, which had sued to stop the facility on the grounds that it was rushed to completion without any public comment or environmental review. Such a review is necessary under federal laws such as the Endangered Species Act and also the National Environmental Policy Act, which requires environmental impact statements on major federal actions.

The judge barred the federal and state governments from transporting new detainees to the site,

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