A federal judge on Thursday temporarily halted any further construction of the immigrant detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz." U.S. District Judge Kathleen Mary Williams granted a temporary restraining order after two days of testimony about the environmental impact of the site.

Siding with environmental groups, a U.S. district judge on Thursday temporarily blocked state and federal officials from further expansion of an immigrant-detention center in the Everglades. Judge Kathleen Williams’ temporary restraining order put on hold for two weeks additional construction or infrastructure,

A federal judge has ordered a two-week halt to construction at an immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” as she considers whether it violates environmental laws.