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Judge Orders Halt to Construction at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center

A federal judge said work must stop for 14 days while she considered arguments that building and operating the immigration detention facility would harm the environment.

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The judge said that Florida could not install any more lighting, paving, fencing or other fixtures at the detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” for 14 days.
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