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'Alligator Alcatraz' Can Continue Operating, Appeals Court Says
'Alligator Alcatraz' Can Continue Operating, Appeals Court Says
Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times,
A federal appeals court on Tuesday pulled a judge’s previous order to dismantle the high-profile detention center in the Florida Everglades for illegal immigrants, known as “Alligator Alcatraz.”
In a 2–1 ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit sided with the Trump administration’s argument that there was minimal federal involvement in the facility’s construction, so a federal environmental review was not warranted.
“Using state employees and state funds, Florida officials, on their own initiative,...
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