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

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

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

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.

A federal judge ruled that President Donald Trump’s prized “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center must close, striking a blow to the administration’s mass deportation efforts. The center was thrown together in just eight days on an abandoned airstrip in the middle of the Florida Everglades and has been rocked by allegations of abuse,