Friends of the Everglades, an environmental group dedicated to protecting the Everglades ecosystem, joined forces with other environmental organizations by filing a federal lawsuit aimed at halting construction and mitigating potential ecological and human rights impacts at the controversial Alligator Alcatraz detention center in Florida.

Friends of the Everglades, in collaboration with the Center for Biological Diversity, filed a federal lawsuit to halt the construction and operation of the 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center. The lawsuit claims that environmental reviews were bypassed, threatening ecologically sensitive areas and endangered species, and is linked to broader authoritarian immigration enforcement efforts.

Friends of the Everglades, an environmental advocacy group, has joined a federal lawsuit aimed at halting the construction of a migrant detention center in the ecologically sensitive Florida Everglades. The suit argues that the project, defended by state officials as part of a broader immigration enforcement effort, poses significant risks to the wetlands and endangered species.