Environmental lawsuit stops building “Alcatraz” in Florida

Progress in Florida “Classical crocodile“Stopping on Thursday, August 7, when a two -week federal judge ordered the construction. The ruling follows a hearing in a lawsuit by environmental groups and the Miccosukee tribe of the Indians.

Prosecutors – Earthjustice, Biodiversity Center, Everglades Friends, and Miccosukee –Allegedly This hasty construction of the facility in Everglades was illegally transferred forward without general introduction or environmental impact. The provincial judge in the United States has banned Cathlein Williams Reports.

“We are happy that the judge saw the urgent need for a stoppage in additional construction, and we look forward to progressing our final goal of protecting the unique ecosystem and forced to further damage caused by this mass detention facility.” NPR.

Florida has opened a temporary facility to accommodate the Trump administration’s collective arrests. The detention center grew up at a light -use training airport in Florida Evergalids in June, meeting in just eight days. In its current ability, it can maintain up to 3000 detainees in temporary tent structures, Associated Press ReportsAlthough officials have He said It will eventually hold up to 5000.

In July Metni A list of more than 700 people who have already been detained in the facility or are to be sent there. The temporary construction ban does not affect any current or coming detainees, CBS News Reports.

The lawsuit claims that the construction of the Alcatraz crocodile threatens the large cypress, which is an environmental sensitive part of the large ecological system of Everglades that contains the National Cypress National Reserve. This region is a home for many endangered and threatened species, including Florida Panther, Florida, codified bats, paper Everlades, Wood Scork, and state. Prosecutors also claim that the project will reflect more than $ 20 billion in efforts to restore the funded environment from the federal government.

The Indians of the Indians of Miccosukee lived in this region from Everglades for generations and joined the lawsuit to protect their original lands, according to Inside climate news. Ten Mikosuki villages are located in a 3 -miles (5 km) radius from the detention center, one of which is only 1000 feet (300 meters) from the facility, according to ICN reports. “This place, it is my home, and I will not have any other house other than Evergels,” Betty Osiola, a 57 -year -old tribe, told ICN. “I think the barbaric thing that happens is what Desantis and Trump creates.”

The legal issue of prosecutors depends on their claim that Florida and the Trump administration have violated the National Environmental Policy Law (NEPA) by not holding hearings, taking public suspension, or conducting an environmental impact study before separating from the project. During the hearings on Thursday, the lawyer of the Justice Ministry of Justice, Marisa Priato Williams, told federal law that it does not apply in this case because the Florida -controlled Alkatraz crocodile, according to NPR reports.

Paul Shweib, the lawyer for environmental groups, argued that the detention center will not be present if not the federal government’s desire to detention facility, according to AP. Williams agreed that the detention facility was, at least, a joint partnership between the state and the federal government. It should also be noted that while Florida covers the cost of building and operations of the facility, the state is expected to seek to pay from the Trump administration, according to NPR reports. Since these arguments play in court over the next two weeks, the future of the project will remain in a state of forgetfulness.