NEWYou can now hear Fox News articles. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals majority ruled that the state-run facility, “Alligator Alcatraz,” was not under federal jurisdiction and not subject to federal laws requiring an impact assessment. The majority of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that “Florida officials, not federal officials, constructed the facility.” The state controls the land and built the facility ‘entirely at its expense’. Lawyer says guards at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ beat pepper-sprayed detainees. The court wrote that Florida received no federal reimbursement last year when U.S. district judge Kathleen Williams’ preliminary order ordering a gradual winding up of operations was issued. Williams found that a federal repayment plan had already been made. The appeals court paused Williams order just days after the August ruling. Abudu stated that the facility would not have been built or used as an immigration center without the federal defendants request. “The evidence of federal influence is perhaps most evident when we acknowledge immigration remains exclusively under the federal government’s jurisdiction. “Two of the groups that brought the suit — Friends of the Everglades, and the Center for Biological Diversity – said they would pursue the case when it returned to Williams for further litigation. Eve Samples said in a press release that “this fight is far from being over.” “Alligator Alcatraz hastily built in one of the nation’s most fragile ecosystems without the simplest environmental review, at great human and ecological cost. DOJ SUES NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT OVER SANCTUARY PRINCIPLES: ‘OPEN DISOBEYANCE’CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APKEarlier this month, the lawyer for two migrants who were detained at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ said that guards severely beaten and pepper-sprayed the detainees causing injuries to the head, shoulders and wrists. Lawyer Katherine Blankenship wrote that the officers abused several people and broke a detained individual’s arm during this incident. The Associated Press also contributed to this report.
