"The controversial migrant detention facility in Florida is being sued for violating federal environmental protections and harming endangered species"
"Internal documents obtained by Public Domain show that the federal government did not conduct an Endangered Species Act or a National Environmental Policy Act review for the Florida migrant detention facility known as 'Alligator Alcatraz' — further proof that the facility may be operating in violation of federal environmental laws.
The state of Florida hurriedly built Alligator Alcatraz in a remote area of the Everglades earlier this year in an effort to promote the mass deportation policies of the Trump administration. A compound of tents and barbed-wire fence, Alligator Alcatraz is slated to hold thousands of migrants upon its completion. President Donald Trump visited the facility along with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in July, amid criticisms of its inhumane conditions.
In late June, Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity, two conservation organizations, sued in federal court, arguing that the facility is violating NEPA, the ESA and other federal laws. The lawsuit asserts that the construction of Alligator Alcatraz was a coordinated effort between the state of Florida and the federal government and must comply with federal environmental laws, which it failed to do. They allege in their filing that the facility, which is being built within the core habitat of the endangered Florida panther in Big Cypress National Preserve, did not undergo the proper environmental reviews required under NEPA and the ESA."
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