MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday issued a preliminary injunction halting further expansion of an immigration detention center built in the middle of the Florida Everglades and dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” that advocates said violated environmental laws.
U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams’ injunction formalized a temporary halt she had ordered two weeks ago as witnesses continued to testify in a multiday hearing to determine whether construction should end until the ultimate resolution of the case.
The judge said that she expected the population of the facility to decline within 60 days through the transferring of the detainees to other facilities, and once that happened, fencing, lighting and generators should be removed. She wrote the state and federal defendants can’t bring anyone other than those who are already being detained at the facility onto the property. The order does not prohibit modification or repairs to existing facilities, “which are solely for the purpose of increasing safety or mitigating environmental or other risks at the site,” she said.
The preliminary injunction includes “those who are in active concert or participation with” the state of Florida or federal defendants or their officers, agents, employees,” the judge wrote in an 82-page order.
Ah yes, another judgement for Trump to ignore, or immediately appeal to tie it up in the courts for months/years.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s great that they’re trying to do something. But they need to make sure this order has teeth because of his well-established pattern of behavior.
Yeah at this point it’s pretty clear that federal / state courts need their own enforcement agencies. ICE will laugh off being served a legal order to stop what they’re doing. They need to be met with force since that’s all they seem to understand
Unfortunately, the only enforcement mechanism left is the second amendment, and given its lack of use, well, yeah.
they’ll just rename it to see-ya-later sing sing.
The order does not prohibit modification or repairs to existing facilities, “which are solely for the purpose of increasing safety or mitigating environmental or other risks at the site
I bet it also doesn’t prohibit providing the abductees with the legal aid they’re constitutionally entitled to either. Neither is going to happen unless mandated and strictly enforced, though.
Alligator Auschwitz is a concentration camp and needs to be closed yesterday.
Pretty telling that its being closed because of concern for the alligators and whatnot more than concern for the human beings who are being subjected to depraved conditions
