The conversion of “Alligator Alcatraz” from an airfield to a detention center is now facing legal battles over its environmental impact.

A federal judge is ordering the Trump administration and Florida to effectively wind down operations at the immigrant detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz."

A US federal judge has ordered the effective closure of “Alligator Alcatraz”, a migrant detention centre in the Florida Everglades. Its name reflects the local wildlife of alligators, crocodiles and pythons that live in the surrounding wetlands.

The findings raise questions about the DeSantis administration’s vetting of the companies that received Alligator Alcatraz contracts.