Federal judge orders facility to wind down operations, citing environmental protection and decades of conservation efforts in the sensitive ecosystem.

A federal judge in Miami has ordered Florida to shut down and dismantle its controversial immigrant detention site known as “Alligator Alcatraz.” The ruling gives the state 60 days to remove all facilities and restore the area.

A federal judge ordered Florida and the Trump administration to wind down operations at its Everglades mass detention facility, halting construction and the transfer of new inmates to the facility.