Florida, DeSantis and Alligator Alcatraz
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The injunction permits the facility to go through the required environmental assessments as there have been efforts to preserve the Everglades for years.
The conversion of “Alligator Alcatraz” from an airfield to a detention center is now facing legal battles over its environmental impact.
The findings raise questions about the DeSantis administration's vetting of the companies that received Alligator Alcatraz contracts.
The contested migrant detention center is the first of its kind in the US, but other states are interested in building similar sites of their own