A federal judge ordered Florida and the Trump administration to wind down operations at its Everglades mass detention facility, halting construction and the transfer of new inmates to the facility.

A federal judge has halted further expansion of the immigration detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz" in the Florida Everglades.

Donald Trump’s Alligator Alcatraz migrant detainment camp must be closed down, a judge has ruled. A ruling from US District Judge Kathleen Williams citing environmental concerns bans new migrants from being moved to the detention camp.