'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,...