Two environmental groups filed a lawsuit on June 27 to try to block the immediate creation of “Alligator Alcatraz,” the proposed illegal immigration detention facility in the Florida Everglades.
The plaintiffs, Friends of the Everglades, and the Center for Biological Diversity, asked the Southern District of Florida to grant a preliminary injunction, arguing that the decision to construct the detention and deportation center at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport was made without conducting environmental reviews.
These reviews, the lawsuit states, are required by the National Environmental Policy Act, and out of compliance with other state, local, and federal statutes. The plaintiffs also argued that the decision was made without giving public notice or allowing for public comment….