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"A federal judge in Miami late on Thursday ordered the closure of the Trump
administration’s notorious “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration jail within 60
days, and ruled that no more detainees were to be brought to the facility while
it was being wound down.
The shock ruling by district court judge Kathleen Williams builds on a
temporary restraining order she issued two weeks ago halting further
construction work at the remote tented camp, which has attracted waves of
criticism for harsh conditions, abuse of detainees and denial of due process as
they await deportation.
In her 82-page order, published in the US district court’s southern district of
Florida on Friday, Williams determined the facility was causing severe and
irreparable damage to the fragile Florida Everglades.
She also noted that a plan to develop the site on which the jail was built into
a massive tourist airport was rejected in the 1960s because of the harm it
would have caused the land and delicate ecosystem.
“Since that time, every Florida governor, every Florida senator, and countless
local and national political figures, including presidents, have publicly
pledged their unequivocal support for the restoration, conservation, and
protection of the Everglades,” she wrote.
“This order does nothing more than uphold the basic requirements of legislation
designed to fulfill those promises.”
No further construction at the site can take place, she ruled, and there must
be no further increase in the number of detainees currently held there,
estimated to be about 700. After the 60-day period, all construction materials,
fencing, generators and fixtures that made the site a detention camp must be
removed."
Via Susan ****
Cheers,
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
