The controversial immigration installation in the Everglades of Florida known as “Alcatraz” Aligator “will soon have not detained, according to an email from a state official obtained by ABC News.
The email was sent by Kevin Guthrie, head of the emergency management division of Florida, to the interreligious community.
“We are probably going to reduce to 0 people in a few days,” Guthrie wrote.
The detention center was the subject of demands, one of which arrested the new detainees of being transported to the installation.
An aerial view shows the “Aligator Alcatraz” Ice Center at the Training and Transition Airport of Dade-Collier in Ochopee, Florida, July 24, 2025.
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On Wednesday night, American district judge Kathleen Williams denied a request from Trump and Florida state officials to stop their order last week to effectively reduce operations in the facilities. The officials had requested a suspension of their order while appealing the decision. But in a ruling on Wednesday night, Williams said they had not been able to provide new information and reiterated arguments they had already made during the preliminary court hearing.
In the statements filed in the Court, officials argued that the installation was necessary because other detention centers in the state are overcrowded. They also argued that it would cost millions of dollars to reduce operations. The judge was not influenced.
“Once again, as noted in the order, the defendants built the installation in eight days and have repeatedly emphasized that the installation was designed and built to be temporary,” he wrote.
A Court of Appeals still has to declare on the matter. State officials are trying to revoke the order of Williams, which also prevented the new detainees from being transferred there.
President Donald Trump visited the installation as the best national security, who testified in the Court that it was expected to cost around $ 400 million.
The interreligious community of southern Florida wrote to the FDEM about allowing access to faith services in the facilities in recent days.
The governor of Florida, Ron Desantis, recently announced that his administration is opening a new immigration detention center in the state called “deportation sport.”
