{"id":479639,"date":"2025-08-21T22:55:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T02:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/they-order-the-closure-of-the-alcatraz-center-within-60-days\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T23:00:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T03:00:26","slug":"they-order-the-closure-of-the-alcatraz-center-within-60-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/international\/they-order-the-closure-of-the-alcatraz-center-within-60-days\/","title":{"rendered":"They order the closure of the Alcatraz center within 60 days"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>Miami<\/strong>.- U.S. Federal Judge Kathleen Williams ordered this Thursday to dismantle the 'Alligator Alcatraz' immigration detention center west of Miami within 60 days, as well as prevent the entry of new migrants, after considering a lawsuit from environmental groups.\n\nThe partial ruling favors environmental groups <a href=\"https:\/\/www.everglades.org\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.everglades.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Friends of The Everglades<\/a> and Center for Biological Diversity, as well as the Miccosukee tribe, who demanded the complete and immediate closure of the site due to its damage to the Everglades natural area.\n\nThe order prohibits installing any additional infrastructure such as tents, dormitories, buildings or offices, as well as paving, excavating or fencing the site, opened on July 3 at an airport that was abandoned after a visit by the President of the United States, Donald Trump.\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>You can also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/internacionales\/trump-ordena-reabrir-la-temible-carcel-de-alcatraz-para-detener-a-migrantes-delincuentes\/\">Trump orders to reopen the fearsome Alcatraz prison to detain criminal migrants | De \u00daltimo Minuto<\/a><\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\nAfter 60 days, the authorities must remove the fence to allow the Miccosukee tribe, an indigenous people belonging to the area, to pass through, remove the industrial lighting from the place, and remove the gas, drainage, and waste facilities of the project promoted by the governor of Florida, Republican Ron DeSantis.\n\nThis lawsuit seeks to halt the center for environmental reasons, with a current capacity for 2,000 people that was expected to grow to 4,000, according to the Florida Division of Emergency Management (DEM), to be built in a natural area with 36 endangered endemic species such as panthers, storks, alligators, and crocodiles.\n\nDespite the setback, the legal battle is expected to continue, as Governor DeSantis and Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier have questioned the judge's legitimacy, nominated by former Democratic President Barack Obama (2009-2017), and have therefore vowed to fight any potential rulings.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miami.- U.S. Federal Judge Kathleen Williams ordered this Thursday to dismantle the &#8216;Alligator Alcatraz&#8217; immigration detention center west of Miami within 60 days, as well as prevent the entry of new migrants, after considering a lawsuit from environmental groups. 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