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

A federal judge has put a stop to further expansion of the immigration detention center built in the Florida Everglades and dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz," ordering that its operations wind down within two months.

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,